201 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca SLOAN, Harry WWII Harry was born in Clair, Saskatchewan in 1921. From 1941 to 1945, he served as a Flight Sergeant with the Royal Canadian Air Force in Canada, England, and over Europe. He then moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba where he died in 2001. SMITH, Charles Robert WWII Charles was born in 1908 in Minitonas, Manitoba. In 1943, he enlisted in the Canadian Army in Chilliwack, British Columbia, where he received his basic training. He was sent overseas with the Medical Services and was stationed at 13 Canadian General Hospital at Brighton, England, until his discharge in 1946. Charles passed away in 1975. SMITH (BUCHANAN), Martha WWII Martha was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1917. She joined the Canadian Women’s Army Corps in 1943 as a stenographer and worked as an executive assistant to a colonel running a military hospital in Saint John, New Brunswick.When there was a request for stenographers with superior skills for a special project, Martha was one of five selected from Canada to move to New York to work with William Stephenson in British Security Coordination. After a brief period in New York, she moved to Washington, DC and worked in the Pentagon, decoding intercepted Japanese communications. Martha never talked about her wartime experiences until after a book was published describingWilliam Stephenson as Intrepid. Even then, she was concerned that speaking of any of the work she did could have security implications even that much later in life. Martha was proud of her contribution, but lost many friends and hated that wars continue to be politically, ideologically and financially motivated with little thought given to the losses and suffering created. Martha passed away in 2010.
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