Interviewer: Taschuk, Natasha

Rank: Colonel. Medals and Honours: Canadian Forces Decoration

An interview/narrative of David Walters's experiences during the Cold War. Colonel Walters served with 4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group. Interview took place on November 8, 2007.

ABSTRACT: No summary available.

Interviewee: Walters, David J., b. 1934

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Taschuk, Natasha
• Walters, David J., b. 1934

Subject

• Canada. Canadian Armed Forces
• Cold War (1945-1989)
• Canada. Canadian Army
• Military history

Language

• eng

Keyword

• Canada--Canadian Army--Barracks and quarters
• Canada--Canadian Forces Base (Shilo, Man.)
• Canada--Canadian Forces Base (Soest, Germany)
• Great Britain--Army
• Walter, David J, 1934- --Interviews
• Canada--Canadian Army--Equipment and supplies
• Canadian Forces Europe (CFE)
• Basic training (Military education)
• Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Barracks and quarters
• Canada--Armed Forces--Europe
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Multinational armed forces
• United States--Army
• Canada--Canadian Army--Military life
• Warsaw Treaty--(1955)
• Canada--Canadian Forces Base (Lahr, Germany)
• Canada--Canadian Army--Personal narratives
• Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Canadian Mechanized Battlee Group, 4
• Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Equipment and supplies
• Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Organization
• NATO
• Operational rations (Military supplies)
• Canada--Canadian Armed Forces--Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, 4
• Camp Shilo (Man.)
• Canada--Canadian Army--Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, 4
• Canada--Canadian Army--Uniforms
• Cold War
• Canada--Canadian Army--Canadian Mechanized Battle Group, 4
• Canada--Canadian Army--Messes
• Canada--Canadian Army--Germany
• Canada--Canadian Army--Europe
• Germany--Armed Forces
• Military education

Date created

• November 8, 2007

Relation

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

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 sound recording (MP3)

Geographic Coverage

• United States
• Great Britain
• Canada

Coordinates

• 60.10867, -113.64258
• 54.75844, -2.69531
• 39.76, -98.5

Additional physical characteristics

• Original sound recording (DVF) also available.

Physical Repository

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

Collection

• Canadian Military Oral History Collection

Provider

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

Genre

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

Archival item identifier

• WD_759

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

• November 8, 2007

Technical note

• Digital sound recording in .mp3 format at 56 kbps and 22 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 2007. 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/wm3p-ef62

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