Credits
Contributors
Project Management/Coordinator
Teresa Mew
Researchers
Linda Yip, AG®, Catherine Clement, Colonel (Ret’d) Christopher Weicker
Writer
Linda Yip, AG®
Website Design and Development
Dipenvir Kaur
Graphic Designer
Dipenvir Kaur
Resource Specialist
Professor Howard Hisdal, Captain (Ret’d)
Acknowledgements
A project of the Chinese Canadian Military Museum Society https://www.ccmms.ca/
Several institutions and individuals provided us with information and archival materials and assisted us in our research.
We therefore thank:
The National Archives, London: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Heroes Remembered – Chinese Canadian Veterans: https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/those-who-served/chinese-canadian-veterans
Great Britain, Special Operations Executive, Uvic Libraries: https://vault.library.uvic.ca/catalog?f%5Bsubject_label_sim%5D%5B%5D=Great+Britain.+Special+Operations+Executive&locale=en&per_page=50
Road to Enfranchisement, Carol F. Lee, 1976: https://doi.org/10.14288/bcs.v0i30.883
The recruitment of Chinese Canadians for Force 136, 1944-45, Canada Declassified, University of Toronto: https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/exhibits/show/chinese-canadian-recruits-for-/chinese-canadian-recruits-for-
A cause worth fighting for: Chinese Canadians debate their participation in the Second World War, Judy Maxwell, 2002: https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0099842
The soldiers Canada didn’t want: her Chinese and Japanese citizens, Patricia E. Roy, 1978: https://utppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3138/CHR-059-03-03?journalCode=chr
One War, Two Victories, Charles Peng, 2011, St. Mary’s University: https://smu.novanet.ca/permalink/01NOVA_SMU/s7n5d9/alma990033673730107195
Apology for Historic Discrimination Against People of Chinese Descent: https://www.burnaby.ca/our-city/diversity-and-inclusion/apology-for-historic-discrimination-against-people-of-chinese-descent
Secret Warriors in the Pacific War: Chinese Canadians and the Special Operations Executive, 1944-45, Chris Weicker, revised 2024
Images, stories, artifacts: Chinese Canadian Military Museum: https://www.ccmms.ca/
Force 136 Research Project, Chinese Canadian Military Museum (2024)
We are grateful for the contributions of:
Felicia Jiang
Sang Mah