Burdett Sisler was born April 14, 1915 in Akron, Ohio.  His father worked for the Goodyear Rubber Company, and early in the century he was tasked with finding a location for a factory in Canada, and the family ended up settling in New Toronto (present-day Etobicoke).  That is where Burd and his siblings grew up, against the backdrop of the 1920s and 1930s.  Burd attended school and did all the normal things from that time; he recalls movies and books especially.  After graduation he worked as an office boy at the Goodyear plant, delivering mail from floor-to-floor.  He also met a young woman named Mae, and the two of them married – in September 1939.  The war literally began for Canada that same week, but – still an American citizen – Burd was for the time being not pulled into the conflict.  Burd’s time to serve came in 1943 when he joined the RCAF.  Not meeting the eyesight requirement, he ended up in the army.  Prior to basic training he volunteered for chemical warfare trials and was exposed to mustard gas.  The first half of 1944 saw him undergo gunner training.  He trained for locating artillery, he trained on radar and he earned a certificate in trigonometry.  Transferred once again he became a telecommunications mechanic in the Royal Canadian Electrical-Mechanical Engineers (RCEME) and advanced to the rank of sergeant.  When the war in Europe ended he volunteered to go to the Pacific, but when that ended he was loaned to the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps (RCOC) and assigned to Longue Pointe, Montreal, receiving materials returning from Europe.  He was in that position until November 1946.  Following discharge Burd spent 30 years with the Canadian Border Security Agency.  He was interviewed at his home in Fort Erie, Ontario by Scott Masters in May 2025 – at age 110!