SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:02:50
Mr. Norman Crew is introduced and explains what the Merchant Navy was; Merchant Navy, WWII, Norman Crew, sailors.
SIDE A 00:02:50 -- 00:07:46
Discussion with Norman about signing up, his first time at sea, and a story about the time his ship accidentally sank one of its own escorts; accidents, WWII, Merchant Navy, Newfoundlanders, 1940, Norman Crew.
SIDE A 00:07:46 -- 00:11:07
Discussion with Norman about submarines in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, a troop ship that was transporting war-brides and children, and a hospital ship; suicide, Gulf of St. Lawrence, war brides, WWII, Norman Crew, submarines, Merchant Navy, hospital ships, soldiers, war casualties.
SIDE A 00:11:07 -- 00:12:15
Discussion with Norman about ships being torpedoed and having to leave men behind while they floated at sea; able-bodied seaman, sailors, Merchant Navy, WWII, torpedoes, ships, Norman Crew.
SIDE A 00:12:15 -- 00:15:48
Discussion with Norman about his Newfoundland backround and family and coming home after the war; WWII, Norman Crew, Newfoundlanders.
SIDE A 00:15:48 -- 00:17:40
Discussion with Norman about convoys from Halifax and the U-boats that lurked outside of the harbour; Norman Crew, Halifax Harbour, Halifax, submarines, WWII, U-boats, Merchant Navy.
SIDE A 00:17:40 -- 00:20:05
Discussion with Norman about air cover and blimps, Barbados, and Germans using fishing boats to hide; tricks, blimps, air cover, Norman Crew, Merchant Navy, Barbados, Germans, WWII.
SIDE A 00:20:05 -- 00:21:01
Discussion with Norman about cargo and transporting depth charges; depth charges, cargo, Merchant Navy, WWII, Norman Crew.
SIDE A 00:21:01 -- 00:21:39
Discussion with Norman about ports; Brooklyn, Havana, ports, Merchant Navy, WWII, Norman Crew.
SIDE A 00:21:39 -- 00:22:23
Discussion with Norman about friends who died during the blitzes; blitzes, war casualties, soldiers, sailors, Norman Crew, Merchant Navy, WWII.
SIDE A 00:22:23 -- 00:23:50
Discussion with Norman about shipmates, how he met his wife in Halifax, and his family; courting, Halifax, sailors, Norman Crew, WWII, Merchant Navy.
SIDE A 00:23:50 -- 00:26:56
Discussion with Edison Yeaden about joining the Merchant Navy in 1941; 1941, Merchant Navy, WWII, Edison Yeaden.
SIDE A 00:26:56 -- 00:29:50
Discussion with Edison about loading coal in Sydney, his first trip back to Canada, and boats being torpedoed; torpedoes, coal, Merchant Navy, WWII, Edison Yeaden.
SIDE A 00:29:50 -- 00:31:42
Discussion with Edison about transporting army tanks and trucks, being attacked by planes and pirate raiders, abandoning ship, and his first lifeboat sinking; shipwrecks, WWII, Merchant Navy, Edison Yeaden, airplanes, pirates, Edison Yeaden, sunken ships, lifeboats.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:42.
SIDE B 00:31:46 -- 00:45:22
Discussion with Edison about lifeboats continues, with stories about being captured by Germans, being transferred to a Japanese POW camp, and being held there for for three years; POW camps, POWs, Germans, Japanese, lifeboats, WWII, Edison Yeaden, Merchant Navy.
SIDE B 00:45:22 -- 00:46:49
Discussion with Edison about being in the POW camp and meeting another Canadian who was from Winnipeg; Canadian soldiers, POWs, WWII, Edison Yeaden, POW camps, Japanese.
SIDE B 00:46:49 -- 00:49:53
Discussion with Edison about The Doolittle Raid and liberation day, his travels back to Canada, and a short story about not being given a medal; WWII, Edison Yeaden, Doolittle Raid, WWII, Merchant Navy.
SIDE B 00:49:53 -- 00:50:46
Discussion with Edison about his first meal when he became free and being given free clothes by the Americans; WWII, POWs, Edison Yeaden.
SIDE B 00:50:46 -- 00:51:40
Discussion with Edison about what he knew about the atomic bombs and his opinions of the Japanese; Japanese, atomic bomb, Edison Yeaden, WWII, POWs.
SIDE B 00:51:40 -- 00:53:25
Discussion with Edison about arriving home and what he did after the war; WWII, Edison Yeaden.
SIDE B 00:53:25 -- 01:03:30
Discussion with Donald James about his first trip at sea, transporting gypsum from Nova Scotia, finding proof of the U-Boats, and saving a crew; U-boat 213, U-boats, Donald James, Merchant Navy, WWII, submarines.
Tape ends at 01:03:30.
