![]() ![]() He said there were mountains of these hoists on the dock and wondered where they all went. All the electric bomb hoists and aircraft hoists were pulled out and replaced by hand chain hoists. He said that lend lease aircraft carriers would show up and they would do a refit for the British navy. "Private Scott we understand you are a ship fitter by trade." Next thing he knows he is discharged and told to report to the yard in North Vancouver where he worked six days a week and as much overtime as he could handle. One day he is told to report to the commanders office. He had completed basic training in the Canadian Air Force and was stationed somewhere on the Prairies but at least he could send money to his wife and family. He could not support his family so he joined up. I had a steel fab instructor who told us of him starving in Vancouver BC in the late thirties. ![]()
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