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Four Faces: Goddard, Giesebrecht, Blais and Mendes
In 2017, Veterans Affairs Canada produced a poster as part of its Canada Remembers series. That poster was of four of the 158 CAF members who had lost their lives during Canada’s operations in Afghanistan. What makes these four faces different was they were all women:…
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Death by Unfriendly Fire: Corporal Ainsworth Dyer
On April 17, 2002, members of the 3rd Battalion, Prince Patricia’s Canada Light Infantry (3 PPCLI) were engaged in night operations at Tarnak Farms, a former Al-Qaeda training camp, just south of Kandahar City. The Patricia’s were undergoing ongoing training to increase their readiness for their…
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Three Firsts: Captain Nichola Goddard, MSM
On May 17, 2006, Canadian and Afghan National Army (ANA) forces were engaged in a firefight in the Panjwaye District. The Battle of Bayanzi resulted from their mission to secure part of southern Kandahar against a possible Taliban assault. As the units moved in to capture…
