{"id":745,"date":"2011-10-16T22:49:47","date_gmt":"2011-10-17T05:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ccmm.sodadesign.com\/?page_id=745"},"modified":"2026-02-01T12:45:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T20:45:41","slug":"bing-chew-wong","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/veteran-stories\/army\/bing-chew-wong\/","title":{"rendered":"Bing Chew Wong"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"745\" class=\"elementor elementor-745\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c44f543 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2c44f543\" 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-3b90bade elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b90bade\" 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>Bing Chew Wong grew up in Alert Bay on Vancouver Island. His older brother <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/veteran-stories\/army\/frank-wong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frank Wong<\/a> joined the army. And a few years later, Bing signed up too.<\/p><p>He became an expert marksmen. And although Bing weighed not much more than\u00a0100 lbs, he could often be seeing hauling\u00a0around a 25lb Bren gun.<\/p><p>By May 1945, the war in Europe was over but the conflict\u00a0in the Pacific theatre raged on. Bing decided he might as well\u00a0volunteer for the Tiger Force. This\u00a0was a special group of volunteer Americans, Canadians and British who were being specially trained for an eventual invasion of Japan. That invasion was set for November 8, 1945. Bing was sent to Vernon, in the Okanagan Vallley, to take additional training by\u00a0Americans.<\/p><p>Listen to Bing recount his story for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thememoryproject.com\/stories\/751:bing-chew-wong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Memory Project<br \/><\/a>Read his interview with the <a href=\"http:\/\/usa.chinadaily.com.cn\/world\/2015-08\/08\/content_21533270_2.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China Daily<\/a> newspaper<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WZnY9vPMn2k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bing Wong Interview &#8211; Tom Boy Digital Productions<\/a><\/p>\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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c601c0e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c601c0e\" 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-2064b13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"2064b13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-745 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"2064b13\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Bing Chew Wong\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTc3NiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5jY21tcy5jYVwvc3RhZ2luZ1wvOTYxOVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvV29uZy1CaW5nLUNoZXctc3RhbmRpbmctMS5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiIyMDY0YjEzIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wong-Bing-Chew-standing-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wong-Bing-Chew-standing-1-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1776\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1776'>\n\t\t\t\tBing Chew Wong\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"2064b13\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Bing Chew Wong\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTc3NSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5jY21tcy5jYVwvc3RhZ2luZ1wvOTYxOVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvV29uZy1CaW5nLUNoZXctdy1ncm91cC5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiIyMDY0YjEzIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wong-Bing-Chew-w-group.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wong-Bing-Chew-w-group-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1775\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1775'>\n\t\t\t\tBing Chew Wong (Front row, Left) during his training\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"2064b13\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Three army soldiers\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzQxLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvd3d3LmNjbW1zLmNhXC9zdGFnaW5nXC85NjE5XC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC9UaHJlZS1hcm15LXNvbGRpZXJzLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjIwNjRiMTMifQ%3D%3D\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Three army soldiers\" href='https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-content\/uploads\/Three-army-soldiers.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-content\/uploads\/Three-army-soldiers-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Three army soldiers\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-341\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-341'>\n\t\t\t\tBing Chew Wong (L) with Dan Chan and Daniel Wong. Circa 1945.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\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>Bing Chew Wong grew up in Alert Bay on Vancouver Island. His older brother Frank Wong joined the army. And a few years later, Bing signed up too. He became an expert marksmen. And although Bing weighed not much more than\u00a0100 lbs, he could often be seeing hauling\u00a0around a 25lb Bren gun. 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