Ian Englehart says his father hated Christmas Day.
On Dec. 25, 1941, his father Harold was one of the nearly 2,000 Canadian soldiers who surrendered to the Japanese while fighting in Hong Kong. The soldiers were taken prisoner, living in poor conditions, often without adequate food or medical treatment. Englehart's father was taken to a camp in Japan, where he was made to work in a coal mine. Englehart says although his father remained strong once he was freed, he found it difficult to tell his stories, and rarely spoke of the ordeal. (Ottawa Citizen)
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