Interviewer: Gower, Katrina

ABSTRACT: Major Leopold J. O. Roberge Roberge_L_0579_01.mp3 0-10 minutes - Introduction - Enrolment - Training/prep for 4 CMBG - Living on the economy - Job in 4 CMBG - Canadian identity - Perception of Canadians by Germans in North v. South 10-20 minutes - Reputation of Canadian forces in Germany - Perception by NATO peers - Move from Soest to Lahr - Canadian independence/identity 20-30 minutes - Experience as Canadian v. other nationalities - Marital status - Married quarters - "typical" day - Free time - Life in the North v. South 30-40 minutes - Different political climates - Threat levels - 4 CMBG's contributions 40-45 minutes - Lasting impressions

Rank: Major.

An interview/narrative of Leopold Roberge's experiences whilst serving with 4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group. Interview took place on November 6, 2008.

Interviewee: Roberge, Leopold

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Roberge, Leopold
• Gower, Katrina

Subject

• Canada. Canadian Armed Forces
• United Nations
• Military history

Language

• eng

Keyword

• Canada--Canadian Forces Base (Soest, Germany)
• Roberge, Leopold (Leo)--Interviews
• Families of military personnel
• Cold War
• Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Reputation
• Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Personal narratives
• United Nations--Peacekeeping forces
• Peacekeeping forces, Canadian
• Military morale
• Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Military life
• Canadians--Public opinion--Germans
• Canada--Canadian Forces Base (Lahr, Germany)
• Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Recreation
• Military spouses
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Organization
• Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Leaves and furloughs
• Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--West Germany
• Germans--Public opinion--Canadians
• Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Barracks and quarters
• Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Canadian Mechanized Battle Group, 4
• Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Operational readiness
• Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Drill and tactics

Date created

• November 6, 2008

Relation

• Part of the Military Oral History Class collection of interviews.
• Title of paper: "4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group".

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 sound recording (MP3)

Geographic coverage

• Germany
• Canada

Coordinates

• 51.5, 10.5
• 60.10867, -113.64258

Additional physical characteristics

• Original sound recording (MP3) also available.

Physical repository

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

Collection

• Canadian Military Oral History Collection

Provider

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

Genre

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

Archival item identifier

• RL_579

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

• October 1, 2009

Technical note

• Digital sound recording in .mp3 format at 56 kbps and 24 kHz. Digitized by JF, technical and cataloguing metadata provided by JF and JP. Interview recorded in digital format for UVic Special Collections in 2009. 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/kq0m-8640

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