Jack Stapleton | Cochrane, Ontario
"It was spontaneous combustion and it rained all day when we were loadin’ her. And the wet coal, you know, and we put the hatch covers on it. That night about 1:00 o’clock in the morning, she blew up"
Donovan Woelfle | Kitchener, Ontario
"And then you go across the Atlantic, it’s pretty cold and windy and wavy and to repeat, you had no fear when you’re that young. Or at least I didn’t. It was a grand adventure."
Waite Brooks | Toronto, Ontario
"So that was day one of the invasion and we carried on in this sort of warfare, cutting off the Japanese aircraft trying to get into the Okinawa landing zone."
Peter Chance | Ottawa, Ontario
"There was a great call when the Japanese landed only 20 miles north of us for us to get back to the ship. "
