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Tuesday, 7 January 2014

Canadian Peacekeepers

'Military Life', 1994Master corporal, Canadian Forces, Haïti, 1996
Master corporal, Canadian Forces, Haïti, 1996
Serving with the United Nations in front of the presidential palace at Port au Prince, Haïti, 1996.
 both shots (DND)Canadian M113 armoured personnel carriers, U.N. Protection Force in ex-Yugoslavia (UNPROFOR), 1993
Canadian M113 armoured personnel carriers, U.N. Protection Force in ex-Yugoslavia (UNPROFOR), 1993
Canadian armoured personnel carriers serving with the United Nations at the Sarajevo airport in Bosnia during the 1993 siege of that city. (DND)
Canadians serving with U.N. Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), 1965
Canadians serving with U.N. Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), 1965
Canadians serving with the United Nations in Cyprus, 1965. (DND)
Canadian observers, U.N. Operation in the Congo (ONUC), 1961
Canadian observers, U.N. Operation in the Congo (ONUC), 1961
Canadian observers on the roof of the building that served as United Nations Forces HQ in Leopoldville/Kinshasa, Congo/Zaire, 1961. (DND)
A Canadian 'Blue Beret', circa 1975
A Canadian 'Blue Beret', circa 1975
A Canadian 'Blue Beret' serving with United Nations peacekeeping forces in Cyprus, circa 1975. Reconstruction by Ron Volstad. (Canadian Department of National Defence)  All phtos and artwork courtsey of www.cmhg.gc.ca

2 comments:

  1. Interesting. I worked with some of your Princess Pats in Croatia

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  2. My step-father did a UN tour in Cyprus. He was with the Lord Strathconas, As to the PPCLI, I went to their memorial in Korea at Kapyong where they held off the Chinese in 1951

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