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Title: Wren Reunion - Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service Veterans from the ...
 
Type: Film and Video
Description: This news story broadcast on September 1, 2002 reports on a reunion of the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service, or Wrens, who served during World War II.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Family of Soldiers - Horror on the Battlefield - First World War
 
Type: Document
Description: Three Macfie brothers, Roy, Arthur, and John, farm boys from Parry Sound, Ontario, end up enlisting for combat in Europe, despite their being needed back home on the farm. From the television series "Canada: A People's History." Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, and video clips.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Japanese Canadians: Starting over in Ontario
 
Type: Sound
Description: Muriel Kitagawa and Hide Shimizu recount their personal experiences in the years of resettlement during the Second World War.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Looking Back at the Pivotal Battle of Kap'yong - Canada and the Korean...
 
Type: Sound
Description: Radio clip recalls Korean War battle in which two battalions of men, Canadian and Australian, halted a massive drive by Communist troops to capture the city of Seoul. Veterans who were there discuss their experiences.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Cold War: Atomic Guinea Pigs: Nuclear Tragedy
 
Type: Sound
Description: CBC report on civilian victims of government nuclear war emergency preparedness exercises conducted during the Cold War.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Van Doos: 22nd Battalion Decimated at Arras
 
Type: Sound
Description: Major Georges P. Vanier explains how he led the Van Doos in an assault from Arras through German trenches and fortifications.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: "Miserable, rotten, hopeless life" - Canadian Sailors - Second World W...
 
Type: Document
Description: Synopsis of television episode on the experiences of Canadian sailors as they face German U-boats on the high seas during the Second World War. This episode is part of the "Canada: A People's History" series. Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, and video clips.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Seeking Atonement - A Soldier's Story
 
Type: Sound
Description: Matthew Halton reports on Snowy MacDonald, who at age 50 and a veteran of the First World War, had fought against the odds to become a young troop's company sergeant before dying on the battlefield.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Enforcing Discipline Among Female Recruits - Canadian Women in the Sec...
 
Type: Film and Video
Description: During the Second World War, rumours circulated amongst the civilian population that servicewomen were not living up to the high moral standards of their civilian counterparts. In this excerpt from the TV program "Women at War," several women who were officers in WW II recall the efforts made to enforce discipline among female recruits.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Korean Veterans Remember Friends Lost
 
Type: Film and Video
Description: Television clip presents a reunion of Korean War veterans as they reminisce about their experiences and recall fellow soldiers, some of the 516 Canadians killed in that war, who did not return.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
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