{"id":711,"date":"2011-10-16T22:02:37","date_gmt":"2011-10-17T05:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ccmm.sodadesign.com\/?page_id=711"},"modified":"2026-02-01T11:51:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T19:51:44","slug":"alex-louie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/veteran-stories\/army\/alex-louie\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Louie"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"711\" class=\"elementor elementor-711\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fc5c8e6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4fc5c8e6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47ff7c37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47ff7c37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>18 year old Alex Louie toiled in a BC pulp mill before he volunteered for active service and was trained in India to parachute behind enemy lines as part of British Army initiatives.<\/p><p>See a documentary on his story: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfb.ca\/film\/unwanted_soldiers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Unwanted Soldiers<\/a><\/p><p><a title=\"Oral History Story\" href=\"https:\/\/www.veterans.gc.ca\/en\/remembrance\/people-and-stories\/alex-louie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oral History Story<\/a><\/p><blockquote><br \/><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.veterans.gc.ca\/eng\/remembrance\/those-who-served\/chinese-canadian-veterans\/profile\/louiea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1616\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Louie-Alex-portrait-375x500.jpg\" alt=\"Alex Louie WWII portrait\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-content\/uploads\/Louie-Alex-portrait-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-content\/uploads\/Louie-Alex-portrait-150x200.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>18 year old Alex Louie toiled in a BC pulp mill before he volunteered for active service and was trained in India to parachute behind enemy lines as part of British Army initiatives. 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