George Hatch speaks about life in the trenches George Hatch speaks about life in the trenches To hear veteran George Hatch click below. The audio excerpt that follows discusses war and the experience of war in graphic detail. Parents and teachers should be advised that some of the material may not be suitable for everyone.
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Having said that, we felt it critically important that the words of those who fought and sacrificed so much for Canada should be presented to you unaltered and uncensored. That night, while going into the trenches from this valley about a mile or so walk through the trenches, we were told that there would be a white tape, along the wall of the trench, and to follow that white tape and it would take us to the front lines. What a night that was. We came to a place in the trench where the tape divided, and we didn't know whether to go right or left. But we took the right, and we ended up where there's no trenches.