***Ralph is interviewed from 00:00:05 -- 00:37:50. Dutch begins interviewing his wife Amelia at 00:37:52 and she continues on until 01:01:57 when Ralph speaks for the remainder of the tape.
SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:02:36
Ralph introduces himself; Harvest Excursion, 1941, army, WWII, moonshine, jail, coal mines.
SIDE A 00:02:36 -- 00:03:43
Discussion about his birth in Duvar, his family, and their farm; Dunn, Duvar, mixed farm.
SIDE A 00:03:43 -- 00:06:11
Discussion about serving in WWII with his father; WWII, army, PEI Highlanders, North Novas, North Novies, army instructor, Rufus Gallant.
SIDE A 00:06:11 -- 00:11:55
Discussion about being in action during WWII, the end of the war, casualties, and parcels from his mother; WWII, V-E Day, casualties, Canadian army, army, Canadian soldiers, Berlin, Red Cross, parcels, Tommy Gallant, T. J. Gallant, tea bags, cigarettes.
SIDE A 00:11:55 -- 00:18:19
Discussion about the places he went to during the war, German soldiers, snipers, and soldiers affected by the war; German soldiers, snipers, wages, Walter Arsenault, WWII, PTSD, Ted Cormier, Brussels, Belgium.
SIDE A 00:18:19 -- 00:24:44
Discussion about wild Cape Bretoners during the war, friends he lost, and the end of the war; WWII, Cape Bretoners, Capers, wine, casualties, Canadian soldiers, Ed McMullan, 1946, HMCS Laurentian, Halifax, wages, gratuity pay, riots, V-E Day.
SIDE A 00:24:44 -- 00:31:47
Discussion about Berlin and Belgium, army rations, air raids, entertainment, internment camps, and his reflections on the war; Berlin, WWII, army rations, air raids, barracks, air raid shelters, schnapps, drinking, movies, entertainment, internment camps, Belgium, horse meat, grass soup, Canadian soldiers.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:47.
SIDE B 00:31:56 -- 00:37:50
Discussion about coming home from WWII and working in coal mines; coal mines, coal miner, 1949, Minto, WWII, lungs, 1971, coal mining, wages.
SIDE B 00:37:52 -- 00:40:43
Discussion with Amelia about her marriage to Ralph and their family, with mention of Ralph's illnesses; Ralph Gallant, Amelia Gallant, cancer, lungs.
SIDE B 00:40:43 -- 00:46:03
Discussion about her parents, her father's work in coal mines, and growing up in Minto; Bachand, Louis Bachand, Victoria Bachand, coal mines, Minto, mine explosion, coal mining.
SIDE B 00:46:03 -- 00:47:55
Discussion about home remedies; home remedies, hot rum, doctors, cod liver oil.
SIDE B 00:47:55 -- 00:49:38
Discussion about languages spoken in her house growing up and school; languages, coal miners, French, Flemish, school.
SIDE B 00:49:38 -- 00:57:18
Discussion about how she met Ralph and their marriage; courting, Ralph Gallant, drinking, Paradise Tea Room, marriage, 1941.
SIDE B 00:57:18 -- 00:59:05
Discussion about raising their 14 children, house work, and working at the Soviet; Summerside, The Soviet.
SIDE B 00:59:05 -- 01:00:30
Discussion about Ralph being in jail; jail, moonshine, drinking, beer, Summerside.
SIDE B 01:00:30 -- 01:01:57
Discussion about the Paradise Tea Room in St. John; St. John, Paradise Tea Room, waitress, tips.
SIDE B 01:01:57 -- 01:03:44
Discussion with Ralph about making beer in jail; jail, homemade beer, beer, Summerside, Sheriff Dewar.
Tape ends at 01:03:44.
