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anada’s great victory at together to triumph, was a pivotal Ridge during the First chapter in ’s development World War was perhaps the Victory at Vimy into a strong and independent Cmost iconic battle in our country’s country. long and proud military history. employed a creeping —an It was hard fighting but most of the After months of careful preparation advancing line of carefully timed ridge was captured by noon that day, The spring of 2017 saw several and training, on , 1917, all and precisely aimed shell fire which with the remainder being taken into major commemorative events held four Canadian divisions went into forced the Germans to take cover. Canadian hands by April 12. Our both in France and in communities action together for the first time The Canadians followed behind soldiers had won a remarkable victory across Canada to mark the 100th to take the heavily defended hill in as closely as they dared and when but this success came at a great cost. anniversary of this enduring point northern France. the barrage lifted to the next line Some 3,600 Canadians lost their lives of Canadian pride. How did your of targets, our soldiers overran and and more than 7,000 were wounded. school or community mark this The first wave of more than 15,000 captured the enemy positions before Many have said that the Battle of milestone? Canadian troops surged up Vimy the dazed German defenders could Vimy Ridge, which saw Canadians Ridge in the face of heavy fire. react. from coast to coast to coast come The Allied artillery successfully Photo: LibraryPhoto: PA-001086 Canada and Archives Canadian soldiers advancing at Vimy Ridge. On the beaches of Dieppe A brutal battlefield

Canadian soldiers saw action in and shrapnel as the men scrambled many tough struggles during the past countless shell holes that were First World War but few were filled with cold, filthy water and— as harsh as the Third Battle of all too often—the remains of fallen Ypres, better known as the Battle soldiers. of Passchendaele. This Allied offensive was launched by British, Slowly but surely, the Canadians Australian and New Zealander were able to capture new ground. forces in Belgium at the end of On November 6, the ruined village July 1917. As the fighting dragged of Passchendaele itself was captured on, heavy rains soon turned the and by November 10 the remainder battlefield into a sea of deep muck. of Passchendaele Ridge was in Canadians were moved to this front Allied hands. The battle finally

Image: CWM 19710261-2183 © War CWM 19710261-2183 © Canadian Image: in the autumn and on October 26, ground to a halt, with our soldiers “Dieppe Raid” painting by war artist Charles Comfort. our soldiers launched their first having succeeded in the face of in a series of attacks to drive the almost unimaginable hardships. Today the French port of Dieppe defences took a dreadful toll on Germans back. This impressive victory had only is a beautiful seaside resort town the attacking Canadians. Some come at a terrible cost, with almost but in 1942 its cobblestone 916 of our servicemen were killed It was a nightmare—the Canadians 16,000 Canadian soldiers killed, beaches saw a very different scene in the ill-fated raid and almost were forced to advance across a wounded or taken prisoner. The during the Second World War. 2,000 more were taken prisoner. desolate landscape of mud in the fall of 2017 marks the centennial It was the bloodiest single day of face of heavy German machine of this significant battle—how will Almost 5,000 Canadian soldiers the entire war for Canada. gun and artillery fire. There was you remember? took part in the Dieppe Raid little cover from the hail of bullets on August 19, 1942. These Jack Poolton of was daring landings at Dieppe, Puys there… and Pourville on the shores of occupied France were undertaken “So I staggered up the beach and all for several reasons. The Allies I could see was dead men and pieces wanted to test enemy defences, of bodies scattered everywhere and gather intelligence on German we landed right in front of… a technology and secret military belt-fed [German] machine gun codes, as well as practise coastal that never stopped firing...” landing techniques for future operations. They also were Special ceremonies were held in hoping to take some pressure off Canada and overseas in August the Soviet allies who were locked 2017 to mark the 75th anniversary in a massive struggle with the of the Dieppe Raid. The people Germans on the Eastern Front. of France remember what our brave soldiers did to help their Sadly, things did not go as country regain its freedom, and planned and the strong German so do we. Photo: LibraryPhoto: PA-002195 Canada and Archives A destroyed Allied tank on the muddy Passchendaele battlefield.

tasked our soldiers with capturing 250 Canadian machine guns and Fighting at the coal mining town of Lens and punishing artillery fire. Did you Lieutenant-General , recently appointed as commander of It was then the Canadians’ turn Hill 70 the , came up with a to again go on the offensive as clever plan. they turned their attention to Lens itself. On August 21 and 23, know? On August 15, 1917—after extensive the Canadians clawed their way planning, training and diversionary forward, capturing portions of the The town of Léger’s Corner in actions elsewhere—the Canadians blasted town and suffering heavy launched a surprise attack on the casualties of their own before the southeastern New Brunswick slopes of nearby Hill 70. Knowing battle finally ground to a halt on changed its name to Dieppe in 1946 that the Germans would not want to August 25. Despite not having to honour those who gave their lives allow the strategically-important hill achieved all of its objectives, in the ill-fated Dieppe Raid during 1782 Museum CO War Imperial Photo: to remain in Allied hands, Currie had the had been a the Second World War. Canadian troops in a captured German trench on Hill 70 in . ordered the Canadians to immediately remarkable success. The victory set up strong defences to cut down came at a high price, however, with One of the most impressive the inevitable enemy counterattacks. some 9,200 of our soldiers being Canadian victories during the First The plan worked as the shocked killed or wounded. A hundred World War came at the Battle of Germans would unleash a total of 21 years later, Canada still remembers Hill 70 in France during the summer assaults in the days that followed and the courage and sacrifice of those of 1917. The Allied high command suffered huge casualties in the face of who fought there.

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Boots on the ground in Afghanistan A fallen hero

The first regular rotation of members deployed to Afghanistan in early 2002. Our brave men and women in uniform were sent to this war-torn country in southwest Asia as part of the international community’s response to the horrific terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. Our country’s efforts there were our most significant Defence Department of National Photo: overseas military mission in decades. Trooper Marc Diab A total of more than 40,000 Canadian Armed Forces members would serve in One of the courageous Canadian the Afghanistan theatre of operations Armed Forces members who lost over the years by the time the mission his life in Afghanistan was Trooper Marc Diab of the Royal Canadian

came to an end in March 2014. Defence Department APD02 5000-141 of National Photo: Dragoons. He was killed northeast Canadian soldiers in eastern Afghanistan in March 2002. of Kandahar City on March 8, Canada’s military played a variety of 2009, when an improvised explosive roles in Afghanistan, from active combat The threat of violence was never far away members sadly lost their lives during device blast hit the armoured against the Taliban regime to national when our men and women in uniform the Afghanistan mission. Many more vehicle in which he was traveling. development and humanitarian efforts. left the relative safety of their bases to came home with injuries to bodies and Four other Canadian soldiers were Our service members also helped train go “outside of the wire.” The possibility mind that they would have to live with also wounded in the attack. Diab the Afghan police and military forces of improvised explosive devices, suicide for years to come. Their courage and was only 22 years old and was due to give them the tools to better protect attacks and enemy ambush was very real sacrifice will never be forgotten. to return home in just a few weeks. the people of their own country. and some 158 Canadian Armed Forces The avid photographer had taken thousands of pictures and short videos of his time overseas to share via social media.

Canadians in Our country’s military reflects the Bluebirds at the ballot box richness of Canada’s diverse society the war-torn today. Diab was born in Lebanon In the early 1900s, Canadian women that supported the war effort such as and immigrated to Ontario with struggled to gain the right to vote. the Red Cross. Women wanted and his family as a young teenager Balkans Women’s suffrage groups existed deserved to be fully active on the where he would soon become active but the general view at the time was political front, as well. in his church and community. His that giving women political equality loss hit his hometown hard and would cause domestic strife. One hundred years ago, finally some Trooper Marc Diab Memorial Park women were allowed to vote in the was unveiled in Mississauga in During the First World War, it became December 1917 federal election. The 2010. A film about his remarkable harder to ignore this injustice. After Military Voters Act gave the right to life called “If I Should Fall” was all, women were also serving in the vote to women who were serving or also released that year. war as Nursing Sisters (nicknamed had a relative in the military. Because the “Bluebirds” because of their of the time difference between France distinctive blue uniforms and white and Canada, the Nursing Sisters who veils). On the home front, women were serving in Europe were actually were taking on new roles in factories the first women to cast their ballots. and on farms, as well as holding their This was a major milestone for women A family families together while the men were gaining universal voting rights across

Photo: Department of National Defence Department of National Photo: fighting overseas. They were also the country. working in various organizations Canadian soldiers on patrol in Bosnia- tradition Herzegovina in 1999.

Tens of thousands of Canadian Armed Forces members served over the years in peace support missions in Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, as well as Macedonia—new nations that arose out of the ashes of the former Balkan country of Yugoslavia.

Large-scale peacekeeping efforts

(initially known as the United LibraryPhoto: PA-2279 Canada and Archives Nations Protection Force, or Canadian Nursing sisters voting in Europe in 1917. UNPROFOR) began there 25 years ago this year in 1992. The situations that Canadian Armed Forces members encountered in the war- Dieppe hits families hard torn land wracked by ethnic hatred were unique. Our troops performed the First and Second World Wars, this many roles, like monitoring fragile was the experience of some families. cease-fires and forcing open lines MLCN-354-0080 Archives Nation Muskeg Lake Cree Photo: of supply to besieged areas in order Just after the Dieppe Raid in France on Louis Arcand in uniform during the Second to bring in humanitarian supplies August 19, 1942, Elizabeth Murphy World War. to civilians. In the waters of the received four separate telegrams Adriatic Sea, our country deployed in the span of a day that a son was Louis Arcand, a farmer from naval and air resources to assist missing in action. All four brothers the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation the UN in its blockade of arms were serving with the Essex Scottish in , was born in shipments to the region. Canadians Regiment from Windsor, Ontario—a 1897. He enlisted with the 232nd also tried to protect areas of ethnic 1942 unit which had been practically Battalion in 1916 and served during minorities, took part in air strikes decimated at Dieppe. the First World War. Although he to defend vulnerable groups, was wounded in August 1918, he cleared mines and helped rebuild a Bernadette Rivait, another mother decided to serve again during the

shattered society. The Windsor Star with sons in the same regiment, Second World War. He joined the received similar news. Two of her five Veterans Guard, a special group of Today, the active fighting is over Photo: sons were killed in action at Dieppe soldiers who had seen action during but the recovery there continues. Bernadette Rivait with photos of her sons who and one was taken as a prisoner of the previous war. These seasoned The last sizable Canadian Armed had served in uniform. war. Two years later, another tragic soldiers were tasked with protecting Forces presence left the region in It is difficult to imagine the stress felt message came that a fourth son had military targets across the country 2004, but not before a total of 23 by parents when their sons or daughters been killed in the Netherlands. In and guarding prisoners of war. Canadians had lost their lives in are serving in uniform during times of her role as National Silver Cross the various missions in the Balkans. conflict. The news that something bad Mother in 1964, Mrs. Rivait laid a Louis was not the only one of his Many more of our men and women has happened to their loved ones is a wreath at the national Remembrance family to serve in war. Remarkably, in uniform came home with injuries message that families dread receiving. Day ceremony in on behalf he was followed by his ten sons, who to body and mind whose effects Imagine if the tragic news came not of all those who had lost children in all volunteered in the Armed Forces continue to this day. once, but multiple times. Sadly, during military service. during the Second World War. Two sons, Clément and Patrick, even went on to serve in the Korean War Canadian teenagers too young to fight served in uniform during the South African with the Canadian Army Special Force. What a huge contribution by War as buglers. These loud horns were used as a way to signal the soldiers to charge Did you one family! on a noisy battlefield. Douglas Williams of was one such boy bugler who, during the bloody Battle of Paardeberg on February 18, 1900, jumped atop an anthill and sounded the call to charge while bullets flew around him. Fortunately, know? he survived and would also serve again during the First World War. canada.ca/rememberthem 3

Holding Hill 355 Sikh-Canadian soldiers in the Great War Sadly, the 19-year-old later died of tuberculosis back home in Ontario in August 1919 and is buried in Kitchener’s Mount Hope Cemetery.

John Baboo also immigrated to Canada as a young man and settled in , , where he worked as a labourer. He enlisted with the Winnipeg Rifles in January Photo: © Canadian War Museum CWM 19890328-008 War © Canadian Photo: 1916 and served on the Western The painting “Incoming” by Edward Zuber depicting Canadian action at Hill 355 in October 1952. Front. During the famous Battle of Photo courtesy of Sandeep Singh Brar www.SikhMuseum.com Vimy Ridge in , he was More than 26,000 Canadians served heavy artillery barrage, then charged wounded in the leg by an exploding in the Korean War which raged in our positions. A young person visiting the grave of the Far East from 1950 to 1953. One Bukkan Singh. shell. Permanently injured, Baboo of the front line sectors where our Under heavy assault and with was discharged and returned to soldiers would see the most action communications cut off, some of the At least ten Sikh-Canadians served Canada. He died in Saanich, British was around Hill 355, located about 40 Canadians had to fall back. However, in the First World War. One of these Columbia, in 1948. kilometres north of the city of Seoul. United Nations troops poured tank brave men was Private Bukkan Singh. and mortar fire onto the attacking Born in the Punjab region of South One hundred years later, we After experiencing heavy action in Chinese soldiers, which forced them Asia, he immigrated to Canada at remember the stories of this the area earlier in the war, Canadian to withdraw. The enemy driven the age of 14. He worked as a miner determined group of Canadians who soldiers would again find themselves back, the Canadians succeeded in in the midst of hard fighting there in reoccupying the position in the in before moving so courageously served our country. the fall of 1952. The Royal Canadian early hours of October 24. Sadly the to Toronto. He enlisted in the Lest we forget. Regiment came under attack by fighting had taken a heavy toll—18 Canadian Expeditionary Force in Chinese forces in the early evening of Canadians were killed, 35 wounded 1915 and would be wounded twice. October 23. The enemy put down a and 14 more taken prisoner. Boots of the Disaster on the home front Did you know?

fallen flurry of whistles back and forth, but In the days before the attack at unfortunately the two ships collided. Vimy Ridge, Canadian soldiers took cover in underground tunnels. Within minutes, the Mont- Some soldiers passed the time Blanc was in flames and the crew creating carvings in the soft chalk abandoned ship. At 9:05 am, the walls that are still there today. Mont-Blanc exploded. The massive Visit veterans.gc.ca and search for blast flattened areas of Halifax and “Chalk it Up to Remembrance” to even flung the ship’s anchor, now see some of these interesting works preserved as a monument, more of art that connect us with our past. than four kilometres inland. At the time, it was the largest man-made explosion that had ever occurred. Photo: Veterans Affairs Canada Veterans Photo: Sadly, over 1,900 people died and Combat boots at the Canadian National Vimy 9,000 were injured. The flying glass A teddy Memorial on April 9, 2017. from broken windows blinded more Photo: LibraryPhoto: PA-022744 Canada and Archives bear in Combat boots provided a powerful Soldiers performing rescue work in the than 300 people in the shattered city. symbol of remembrance during aftermath of the Halifax Explosion. war the ceremony marking the 100th After the explosion, help rushed in anniversary of the Battle of Vimy The city of Halifax, , from all over. The city of Boston, Ridge at the Canadian National was a busy port during the First Massachusetts, even sent trains Vimy Memorial in France on April World War. On the morning of full of doctors, nurses and medical 9, 2017. Thousands of empty boots, December 6, 1917, the SS Mont- supplies. Hundreds of thousands of many laid by Canadian and French Blanc, a freighter loaded with tons dollars were also donated for the students, represented the almost of ammunition and explosives, was major relief efforts that followed. 3,600 Canadian soldiers who lost in the harbour. The transport ship One year later, Nova Scotia sent their lives at Vimy. Even Prince SS Imo was leaving for New York a return gift to Boston: a huge William and Prince Harry placed City to collect aid supplies for Christmas tree! This tradition lives boots at the base of the monument. Belgium. Through the morning fog, on today, a poignant symbol of Nova Photo: Canadian War Museum CWM 20040015-001 War Canadian Photo: Why not put your hands on history Imo’s course was heading straight Scotia’s lasting gratitude to those Aileen’s teddy bear. by having your class borrow a pair for the Mont-Blanc. There was a who helped a century ago. of these special Vimy memorial boots? Search “Borrow a Boot” on Lawrence Rogers of enlisted our website at veterans.gc.ca. in the Canadian Mounted Rifles in 1915 and served as a medic during A journey to remember the First World War. His ten-year-old daughter Aileen gave him her beloved teddy bear as a good luck charm and a A stamp of memento of home. Lawrence wrote in remembrance a letter to his wife in 1916: “Tell Aileen I still have the Teddy Bear This year, Canada and will try to hang on to it for her. It is Post and France’s dirty and his hind legs are kind of loose La Poste created but he is still with me.” special stamps to Sadly, Rogers was killed by a German commemorate the Canada Post © 2017. th shell on October 30, 1917, during the 100 anniversary Reprinted with permission. . He died on of the Battle the muddy battlefield while treating of Vimy Ridge. The stamps both a wounded comrade, with Teddy still feature the Canadian National Vimy tucked in the pocket of his jacket.

Memorial. This iconic monument, Affairs Canada Veterans Photo: designed by Canadian architect Walter Students from each province and territory were part of the official Government of Canada This year marks the 100th anniversary delegation at Vimy. Allward, incorporates symbolism that of the Battle of Passchendaele. Every represents the strong ties between our In April 2017, thousands of Canadian students travelled to northern France Canadian who fought there has now two nations. The names of 11,285 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the . Visits to passed away, but Aileen’s Teddy is still Canadians who died in France during battlefields, war cemeteries, monuments, as well as meeting Veterans young around. The bear is on display at the the First World War and had no and old helped these youth make a special connection to our country’s military Canadian War Museum, a powerful known grave are inscribed on its base. history. Students from coast to coast to coast were at the Canadian National connection to the First World War. The two stamps are available together Vimy Memorial on April 9, showing they remember the brave soldiers of the He symbolizes the thousands of as a special collectors set. Now that’s four Canadian divisions who had fought there exactly 100 years earlier. The families who endured separation and remembrance that “sticks” around! torch of remembrance is still burning brightly! suffered the loss of their loved ones.

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Yukoners Rosalie’s incredible journey Under fire rush to serve in Korea

Canadians served on land, at sea Régiment Régiment e and in the air during the Korean War. As part of these efforts, a total of eight Royal Canadian Navy destroyers served in the Musée Royal 22 Musée Royal waters of the Far East at different Photo: LibraryPhoto: 3397590 Canada and Archives Yukoners posing with one of their machine times during the course of the guns. conflict.

The First World War began in August One of our sailors’ tasks was 1914 and many volunteers quickly shelling enemy shore targets, flocked to recruiting stations across including the rail lines that ran the country. It was a remarkable close to Korea’s eastern coast. The national response and Canadians ships of the United Nations fleet Detail of the engravings on Henri Lecorre’s Lee-Enfield rifle Rosalie.

in the north wanted to be part of courtesy of the Vincent Royer, Photo: that scored hits on these tempting the action too. Some 50 residents of but elusive targets were said to be the Yukon soon joined a unit that Rosalie was a unique First World War Rosalie was later recovered and sent part of the “Trainbusters Club.” would become known as the Yukon weapon. The rifle belonged to Henri- back to the rifle factory in England Motor Machine Gun Battery. Its It could be dangerous duty, as Paul Lecorre, who had volunteered with to be inspected, where an employee men left Dawson City in nd sadly proved true for HMCS and eventually proceeded overseas the 22 French-Canadian Battalion in decided to preserve the unique-looking Iroquois on October 2, 1952. The where they trained in England for Montréal in April 1915. weapon. A few years later, during destroyer was exchanging fire with some time while waiting to be fully the Second World War, a Canadian an enemy gun battery on shore equipped for service on the front Lecorre used a pocket knife to carve general was visiting the same factory that day when it took a direct hit, lines. They were finally sent to the the names of the battles in which his and noticed the distinctive carvings. killing three Canadian sailors and Western Front in the late summer battalion participated on “Rosalie,” the He arranged for Rosalie to be sent to wounding ten. It was our navy’s of 1916. e nickname he had affectionately given the Royal 22 Régiment headquarters in only combat-related deaths of the Korean War. The Yukon machine gunners his rifle. As it was strictly forbidden Quebec, where it was put on display in would see heavy action throughout to damage military equipment, Rosalie their military museum. the rest of the conflict, including was confiscated and orders given to fighting at the Somme, Vimy Ridge, destroy it. To protect Rosalie, Lecorre The rifle’s origin remained a mystery Passchendaele, Amiens and the quickly carved a second rifle and until October 1956, when Lecorre Canal du Nord. Its original ranks swapped it for his precious weapon. and his wife amazingly spotted it in greatly reduced by combat casualties, a travelling exhibit. It had taken 38 the survivors were eventually In June 1918, Lecorre was fighting years, but Lecorre and Rosalie were combined with other units to keep near Neuville-Vitasse, France, when he finally reunited. Today, Rosalie is going. The men’s fortitude was unquestionable and it was said that, was wounded during a gas attack. He proudly displayed in La Citadelle de was evacuated to a military hospital Québec.

by the end of the war, every officer LibraryPhoto: 3928696 Canada and Archives in the Yukon battery had received and then sent home, but Rosalie was Wounded sailor being taken for medical medals for their great courage. left behind on the muddy battlefield. treatment after HMCS Iroquois was hit.

HMCS Assiniboine’s daring attack Born to fly

Alan McLeod was only 18 years McLeod and his flying partner, old when he left his hometown of Lieutenant Arthur Hammond, were Stonewall, Manitoba, to join the in the air over Albert, France, when , graduating they were attacked by eight German from his training with flying colours. fighter planes. Hammond shot down While serving in the skies over the three of the enemy aircraft but not Western Front during the First before their own plane was hit and World War, Lieutenant McLeod caught fire, with both airmen being performed an amazing feat on March badly wounded. Reacting swiftly, 27, 1918, which made him one of the McLeod managed to climb out youngest recipients to receive our onto the left wing in order to tip

Photo: LibraryPhoto: PA-204349 Canada and Archives highest military honour, the Victoria the plane and keep the flames away Crew of HMCS Assiniboine and their mascot soon after sinking a German submarine in 1942. Cross. from the trapped Hammond.

During the Second World War, Allied and German forces struggled for control After their crash landing in No of the Atlantic Ocean. This clash was known as the “Battle of the Atlantic” and Man’s Land, McLeod was wounded lasted for the duration of the war in Europe, from September 1939 to May 1945. again while bringing his partner to Allied merchant ships that carried the troops and provisions were vulnerable safety. The pair had to take cover in to attacks by preying German submarines called “U-boats.” Our navy provided a shell hole for several hours before armed escorts across the Atlantic Ocean to protect the convoys. being rescued by Allied soldiers. Sadly, after several months of On August 5, 1942, the Canadian destroyer HMCS Assiniboine was leading recovery back in Canada, and still merchant ships travelling from Sydney, Nova Scotia, to the United Kingdom. weakened by the ordeal, McLeod When one of the ships was torpedoed, HMCS Assiniboine went chasing after the died of the , just five attackers. days before the end of the war.

After a long and nerve-wracking hunt in the fog, the Assiniboine spotted the German submarine U-210. A high-speed chase and exchange of heavy gun fire ensued, culminating with the destroyer daringly ramming the German vessel just as Image via Canadian Aviation Historical Society it was submerging. The submarine began to take on water and resurfaced, allowing and Leach Heritage of the Air Collection, 1963 the Assiniboine to strike again and finally sink it. Sadly, HMCSAssiniboine lost Painting by Merv Corning depicting the heroic one crew member, but the ship managed to rescue 37 German submariners. actions of Alan McLeod. CROSSWORD PUZZLE Across 2. Manitoba hometown of heroic First World War pilot Lieutenant Alan McLeod. 5. Last name of general who commanded the Canadian Corps at Hill 70. 9. Nova Scotia city where a tragic explosion occurred on December 6, 1917. 11. Home province of Louis Arcand, who served in both the First and Second World Wars. 12. French seaside town that was the main objective of an August 1942 raid. Did you read the 13. Last name of war artist who created a painting of Canadians in action at Hill 355. 15. Last name of the 1964 Silver Cross mother who lost three sons in the Second World War. newspaper stories 16. Name of ridge in France where Canadians fought in April 1917. carefully? All the answers to the Down 1. Home province of Lawrence Rogers who died with a teddy bear in his pocket. crossword clues 3. Country where more than 40,000 Canadian Armed Forces members served 2001 - 2014. are found in the 4. Ontario city where the Trooper Marc Diab Memorial Park was unveiled in 2010. newspaper. 6. Nickname of Canadian soldier Henri-Paul Lecorre’s unique First World War rifle. 7. Battle in Belgium where Canadians saw heavy action in the fall of 1917. 8. Name of Canadian destroyer that sank a German submarine on August 5, 1942. 10. Last name of a Sikh-Canadian soldier who was wounded at Vimy Ridge. 14. Name of Canadian destroyer hit by enemy shellfire during the Korean War. Editor’s Note: Veterans Affairs Canada recognizes that names and spellings of some countries/locations may have changed. For historical accuracy, we have used the name current at the time of the event(s). This publication is available upon request in other formats. © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of Veterans Affairs, 2017 Catalogue No: V32-180 Printed in Canada Affairs, This publication is available upon request in other formats. © Her Majesty the Queen Right of Canada, represented by Minister Veterans we have used the name current at time of event(s). Canada recognizes that names and spellings of some countries/locations may have changed. For historical accuracy, Affairs Editor’s Note: Veterans

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