VANCOUVER — Former B.C. judge Randall (Bud) Wong remembers getting out of bed early one morning when he was five to greet his uncle at the train station in Vancouver at the end of the Second World War in 1945.
VANCOUVER — Former B.C. judge Randall Wong remembers getting out of bed early one morning when he was five to greet his uncle at the train station in Vancouver at the end of the Second World War in 1945.“I remember very vividly my uncle coming off the train, and he was wearing his army uniform and knapsack,” said Wong, 83.
Wong said the exhibition was important to keep the veterans' stories alive as a reminder of their sacrifices and how they were fighting on two fronts – one overseas and the other at home, for equal recognition as Canadians. Melissa Karmen Lee, chief executive officer with the Chinese Canadian Museum, said the exhibition would show Chinese Canadians' involvement"in every single part of the Canadian war effort."
Wong said colourized photos of Force 136 veterans left him emotional, and their mission was so dangerous it had another code name — Operation Oblivion.
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