Peggy
Sanders (Maiden Name: Baragar)
Biography: Part Two, the Wartimes |  | From
1940-1942 rumors of war in europe were floating around, haunting the western continent.
When the second world war was declared many well meaning citizens flocked to the
Army, Navy and Air Force in an attempt to help stop the blood shed by winning
a decicive victory early on in the war. Peggy was one of those people, she became
involved with the communication for the Air Force. Everyone wanted to go overseas
while working in a position like that, patriotic zeal was bursting from the very
heart of Canada. Peggy didn't go overseas, instead she was assigned to go to Victoria,
in British Columbia. Here she was put into baracks with other women who, like
herself, we doing such vital tasks as communication and observation of critical
locations on the nearby ocean. She and the other women would work here just like
they would work in a normal job, the only difference was that in this field the
stakes were higher. During their days off they would hitch-hike, in full uniform
and large groups. People would see the full uniform and be far more likely to
pick up the women. Also at this point in Canada's history hitch-hiking was safer
and far more socially accepted then it is now. | | | |
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