A blog on the forces of the Commonwealth of Nations, formerly the British Empire.
Commonwealth Warriors
Tuesday, 7 January 2014
Canadian Peacekeepers
Serving with the United Nations in front of the presidential palace at Port au Prince, Haïti, 1996.
both shots (DND)
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 the United Nations in Cyprus, 1965. (DND)
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' 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
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Interesting. I worked with some of your Princess Pats in Croatia
ReplyDeleteMy 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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