Isobel Martin's War Stories
In 2004 at age 79, Isobel Mooney (née Martin) looks back on her adventures as an 18 year old "prairie girl" from Winnipeg in a top-secret post in RCAF Bomber Operations, Halifax during the final months of World War 2.
Isobel Martin's War Stories
The End of the War
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Val Klassen
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Season 1
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Episode 10
Convoys in and out of Halifax transferring troops in preparation for D Day.
On May 8, 1945, VE Day, Isobel watches from her second floor room at the Waverley on Barrington Street as people riot in the streets.
In the harbour, troop ships arrive carrying the victorious survivors, and UBoats surrender.
By VJ Day, more than half the staff have been shipped home. Isobel stays on to document the war for the official record.
Her Mom needs her to come home. Back in Winnipeg, Isobel finds a job and gradually resumes life as a civilian.