CFB Shilo to mark major battle in Yugoslavia with parade, exhibit
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This article was published 12/09/2013 (4650 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Two events at CFB Shilo will on Friday mark the 20th anniversary of the Battle of Medak Pocket in the former Yugoslavia.
The battle is considered to be one of the most severe fought by the Canadian Armed Forces since the Korean War.
At 10 a.m., the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry will conduct a memorial parade on the Korea Parade Square.
For their courage and professional execution of duty at the Battle of Medak Pocket, the 2PPCLI was awarded the Commander-in-Chief Unit Commendation from the Governor General.
Following the parade, at 11:30 a.m., the RCA Museum will open its new exhibit “Wars in Yugoslavia,” which tells the story of Canadians in the former Yugoslavia from 1991 to 2012.
Besides the 2PPCLI participation in the Battle of the Medak Pocket, the exhibit also tells the story of the Canadians in the Royal 22e Regiment (The Van Doos) who fought to keep the Sarajevo Airport open for humanitarian aid flights in 1992 and also won a commendation.
Highlights of the exhibit, which features numerous artifacts, interpretive panels and video, are two vehicles in United Nations colours, both examples of the types used by Canadians in both engagements, as well as a M-55 triple 20mm anti-aircraft gun captured by 2PPCLI in Bosnia in 1997.
Museum officials hope this exhibit will help educate visitors about one of Canada’s largest military commitments of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. It honours more than 40,000 Canadian Armed Forces personnel who served in the Balkans, of whom 23 were killed, 115 wounded and several hundred more were injured.
The exhibit will open at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, with free admission from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. that day. It will run until Nov. 15.
The museum is open Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is closed weekends and statutory holidays.
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