Deighans T1 [Tape One]

Contributors
Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Interviewee: Deighan (O'Keefe), Rose
Interviewee: Deighan, Charles William "Charlie"
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
1998-01-29
Date Digitized
2010-07-29
Abstract
This is an interview with Charles William "Charlie" and Rose (nee O'Keefe) Deighan of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview the Deighans talk about their families, trains, home remedies, Rose's father who served in WWI, how they met, Charlie's service in WWII with the Black Devils, and Charlie's work with the railway after the war.
Genre
Interview
Subject (Geographic)
Newfoundland
England
Holland
Anzio, Italy
Rome, Italy
Subject (Temporal)
WWI
WWII
1941
1943
1944
1945
1956
Rights
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:40
Member of
Dutch Thompson Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:07:39
Discussion about Charlie's family; Emerald, railway, Ernest Deighan, Mary Johnson, Irish, big families.

SIDE A 00:07:39 -- 00:09:50
Discussion about the train named the Pig's Eye; Pig's Eye, trains.

SIDE A 00:09:50 -- 00:12:51
Discussion about Charlie's grandparents; Red Dick Johnson, trams, Dick Johnson.

SIDE A 00:12:51 -- 00:14:13
Discussion about home remedies; home remedies, cures, impegtigo.

SIDE A 00:14:13 -- 00:22:00
Discussion about Rose's father who served in WWI, with mention of the start of WWII; WWI, Charlie O'Keefe, navy, Newfoundlanders, Blue Puttees, WWII, blackouts, U-Boats.

SIDE A 00:22:00 -- 00:23:56
Discussion about U-Boats during WWII and the sinking of the Caribou; WWII, U-Boats, Caribou, SS Caribou, Eldon Mann.

SIDE A 00:23:56 -- 00:24:44
Discussion about Charlie serving in the army with the PEI Highlanders; PEI Highlanders, WWII, 1941.

SIDE A 00:24:44 -- 00:28:26
Discussion about how Rose and Charlie met; courting, WWII, war letters.

SIDE A 00:28:26 -- 00:31:45
Discussion about Charlie serving in WWII with the PEI Highlanders continues, with mention of crossing the Atlantic; WWII, PEI Highlanders, 1943, Italy, SS Ile de France, SS Pasteur.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:45.
SIDE B 00:31:52 -- 00:32:48
Discussion about crossing the Atlantic during WWII continues; WWII, SS Pasteur, Italy.

SIDE B 00:32:48 -- 00:48:40
Discussion about serving with the 1st Special Service Force, known as the "Black Devils", during WWII; Anzio, WWII, Black Devils, 1st Special Service Force, Special Forces, Anzio Beach, parachuting, paratroopers, 1944, army rations, Rome, casualties, West Novas.

SIDE B 00:48:40 -- 00:54:35
Discussion about fighting in Holland and Rome during WWII, with mention of Islanders who served with the Black Devils; Holland, WWII, Rome, Western Front, signaler, signal operator, Ray Durant, Ping Pong Gallant, Emmett Trainor, Black Devils.

SIDE B 00:54:35 -- 00:58:24
Discussion about time off in England, the Dutch, and coming home after the war; England, Dutch, V-E Day, SS Ile de France, 1945.

SIDE B 00:58:24 -- 01:03:40
Discussion about getting a job on the railway after the war; railway, charge hand, 1956, wages, train fireman, trains, boarding houses, Lappin, steam engines.

Tape ends at 01:03:40.