Dragon & The Maple Leaf
....By Marjorie Wong, published by Pirie Publishing
This is the untold story of all those Chinese Canadians who contributed to Allied Victory during the six years of war from 1939 to 1945. It is also the story of a neglected aspect of Canadian Military history. Although few in number, Chinese Canadians served in mostly every command and every theatre, after overcoming many obstacles - social, political and military.
This is the first documented account of their experiences and includes personal
comments from many of them. These personal stories are woven into those of the military
and paramilitary services - in air, at sea, on land......
Marjorie Wong passed away in London, Ontario on 16th of March 2001 @ 77
Two or three myths still current are discussed and discounted; that all the Chinese Canadians during this period lived in British Columbia; and that operatives in the employ of Special Operations Executive were 'spies' on the one hand and/or Commandos on the other. Their parachute wings also appeared to mislead the unwary.
Chinese Canadians also served in the Great War, in addition about 200,000 Chinese Nationals were employed as labor battalions in France and the Near East.
Original documents in the Ottawa archives as well as from London, England, and Canberra, Australia, have been consulted.
Museum curators and military collectors will find information of value to them on uniforms and badges, both in the text and in the many and varied photographs and documents. Libraries will also find this account adds another aspect to their military collections
...from the cover of this book