Rank: Admiral.

An interview/narrative of Admiral Nigel Brodeur's experiences as a weapons officer aboard the HMCS Kootenay in the early 1960s. Interview took place on November 15, 2005.

ABSTRACT: Admiral Nigel Brodeur Interview with Admiral Brodeur covers his time as a Weapons Officer aboard the HMCS Kootenay, in the early 1960's. Admiral Brodeur covers the anti-submarine warfare training that he received in England, and the events of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Admiral Brodeur talks about early US-Canada relations and the importance of Canada's role in NORAD.

Interviewee: Brodeur, Nigel

Interviewer: Bowen, Sarah

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Bowen, Sarah
• Brodeur, Nigel

Subject

• North American Aerospace Defense Command
• Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
• Military history

Language

• eng

Date created

• November 15, 2005

Relation

• Part of the Military Oral History Class collection of interviews.

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 2 sound recordings (MP3)

Geographic Coverage

• England

Coordinates

• 52.16045, -0.70312

Additional physical characteristics

• Original sound recording on audio cassette also available.

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Canadian Military Oral History Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• oral histories (literary genre)
• sound recordings
• interviews
• reminiscences

Archival item identifier

• BN_519

Fonds title

• Military oral history collection

Fonds identifier

• SC141

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/military-oral-history-collection

Date digitized

• July 17, 2012

Technical note

• Digital sound recording in .wav format at 16 bits and 44 kHz. In .mp3 format at 56 kbps and 24 kHz. Interview recorded in digital format for UVic Special Collections in 2012. Migration metadata by KD and MT.

Rights

• This interview has been posted with the understanding that it may be used for research purposes only. Should the interviewee or their heirs have any objections to this interview being accessible on the Internet, it will be removed promptly. Contact UVic Special Collections for permission if using for other than research purposes: speccoll@uvic.ca

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/j5dv-kp83

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