Flett, Victor C.: my naval experiences (April 15, 2007)

An interview/narrative of Petty Officer First Class Victor C. Flett's experiences whilst serving with the Royal Canadian Navy. Interview took place on April 15, 2007.

Interviewee: Flett, Victor C.

ABSTRACT: Petty Officer 1st Class Victor C. Flett Victor Flett.mp3 0:00 How got involved with Military HMCS Winnipeg, HMCS Chippewa, HMCS Cornwallis, HMCS Quebec (training) 2:00 Sonar training on West Coast 3:30 Truce in Korea 5:00 Marriage June 1951 (while on leave) daughter born while in Korea. 6:10 Serving with NATO forces (UN ships) Highlight of career 7:20 Basic Training (joined when 23, mature as new recruit) 9:00 Family who served (grandfather killed at Vimy Ridge) Grandmother raised him. Father served WW1 11:08 Brothers joined in WW2 Brother Andrew Flett served as Marine Engineer Cousin Leslie Stranger captured as POW in WW2 in Ortona Peguis 1st Nation (Manitoba) 16:00 About Joining Navy vs Army 19:55 Atmosphere in Korea when arrived in peacekeeping (truce had been called) Support for Minesweeping 24:00 Returning to Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong after 30 years Paraded guard at cenotaph of Canadian Section of UN cemetery in Busan South Korea Recounts memory of being at grave of fallen comrade from home, (McPhail) who had joined during WW2 and lost life in Korea. 29:00 Experience of being an aboriginal person in Navy, strategies of avoiding Racism. Struggles with dealing with Racism. 21:25 Painful to see what is happening with our women and children and the impact of racism 32:30 End

Interviewer: Wood, Jessica D.

Rank: Petty Officer 1st Class.

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Flett, Victor C.
• Wood, Jessica D.

Subject

• Canada. Royal Canadian Navy
• Military history
• Personal narratives--Canadian

Language

• eng

Date created

• April 15, 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

• Japan

Coordinates

• 35.68536, 139.75309

Additional physical characteristics

• Original recording (MP3 and WAV) on digital versatile disc (DVD) in Special Collections.

Physical repository

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

Collection

• Canadian Military Oral History Collection

Provider

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

Genre

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

Archival item identifier

• FVC_475

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

• April 15, 2007

Technical note

• Digital sound recording in .wav format at 16 bits and 44 kHz. In .mp3 format at 64 kbps and 24 kHz. Digitized 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/j0hf-ps96

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