Norman, Derek J.: my armed forces experiences (November 7, 2009)
PublicAn interview/narrative of Derek Norman's experiences during the Gulf War and the United Nations operations in Cyprus. Interview took place on November 7, 2009.
Interviewer: Zouak, Jehan
Interviewee: Norman, Derek J., b. 1949
ABSTRACT: Derek J. Norman Derek James Norman was born on December 19, 1949 in England. His family moved to Canada when he was seven. He enlisted in the Army in 1968 to be able to move away from home and developed close relationships with the men he was in training with. He became a medic and served with many different regiments, working hard to be accepted by making sure he did whatever the other men were doing. He served overseas on several peacekeeping missions, including in Doha, Qatar during Desert Storm and twice in Cyprus. He was posted in West Germany with NATO just prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall. He retired from the Regular Forces in 1993, but joined the Reserve Forces in 2002 and has been working full time in the Reserves since then, and will be discharged in December 2009. He considers his true friends to be those from the military.
- In Collection:
- Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Personal narratives
- Iraq-Kuwait Boundary Demarcation Commission
- Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--West Germany
- Iraq-Kuwait Crisis, 1990-1991
- Persian Gulf War, 1991
- Cyprus--History--Turkish Invasion, 1974
- Canada--Canadian Forces Medical Services
- Cyprus--Politics and government--1960-2004
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, 4
- United Nations--Security Council--Resolutions--186
- Peacekeeping forces, Canadian
- Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Reserves
- Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Canadian Airborne Regiment
- United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)
- United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM)
- United Nations--Peacekeeping forces
- Operation Desert Storm, 1991
- Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Military life
- Coalitions
- Norman, Derek James, 1949- -- Interviews
- Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989
- 1 sound recording (MP3)
- 60.10867, -113.64258
- 51.5, 10.5
- 35, 33
- Original sound recording (WMA) also available.
- Canadian Military Oral History Collection
- NDJ_616
- Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/military-oral-history-collection
- November 26, 2009
- Digital sound recording in .mp3 format at 192 kbps and 44 kHz. Recorded in digital format by interviewer, 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
This page supports the Zotero and Mendeley browser extensions simply click on the extension widget in your browser to save the objects citation.
| Thumbnail | Title | Date Uploaded | Visibility | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
SC141_MilitaryOralHistory_GenericThumbnail | Public |
|
|
|
Norman_D_0616_01.mp3 | Public |
|