Transcript - Molly Lamb Bobak: Canada's First Female Official War Artist (Part 1 of 3)

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It was the summer of '42, I believe. I was at a summer resort working on Vancouver Island and I had just got through art school. Everybody in those days was doing something for the war, and I decided that I would join the army.

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After working at Yellow Point Lodge, I came into Vancouver. And at the old Vancouver Hotel (which is no more, on the corner of Georgia and Granville), I went in there and my mum was with me. We were going to go to Scott and have a big dinner. I was a great eater in those days.

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Mum waited outside the old Vancouver Hotel, and I went in and joined up. It didn't take very long, and then I decided I would go out and see my mother. When I got to the door they said, "You are in the army now and you can't go out." I had to have a pass. I was already a CWAC — Canadian Women's Army Corps. I was absolutely devastated. I never realized there were such awful rules in the world.

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