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oakenguySo I'm reading this book by Will Ferguson, all about Canada and Canadian self-identity, interesting stuff, and then I get to this part:
Five Canadian soldiers were awarded Medals of Bravery for acts of valour while in Somalia. One of the soldiers--Corporal Joseph Charette of Gatineau, Quebec --single-handedly contained AND DISARMED a violent mob that was threatening a relief hospital. (blahblahblah other stuff).
Oho, sez I. This sounds like a heck of a story. I shall turn to the intarweb and find out more. Even if the Canadian military doesn't have a website like the U.S. Medal of Honor citations at http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/Moh1.htm*, it happened 12-16 years ago so there should be lots of references to it.
But as it turns out, not so much. Googling "joseph charette" + somalia? No results. "charette" + "medal of bravery"? No. "awarded medal of bravery" + somalia? Nothing. "joseph charette" + gastineau? "joseph charette" + quebec? 48 results, none of them relevant.
What am I missing here?
*If you go there, be sure to check out Tibor Rubin's story during the Korean War. Dang.
Five Canadian soldiers were awarded Medals of Bravery for acts of valour while in Somalia. One of the soldiers--Corporal Joseph Charette of Gatineau, Quebec --single-handedly contained AND DISARMED a violent mob that was threatening a relief hospital. (blahblahblah other stuff).
Oho, sez I. This sounds like a heck of a story. I shall turn to the intarweb and find out more. Even if the Canadian military doesn't have a website like the U.S. Medal of Honor citations at http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/Moh1.htm*, it happened 12-16 years ago so there should be lots of references to it.
But as it turns out, not so much. Googling "joseph charette" + somalia? No results. "charette" + "medal of bravery"? No. "awarded medal of bravery" + somalia? Nothing. "joseph charette" + gastineau? "joseph charette" + quebec? 48 results, none of them relevant.
What am I missing here?
*If you go there, be sure to check out Tibor Rubin's story during the Korean War. Dang.
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Date: 2006-11-06 09:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-06 10:06 pm (UTC)...lotta different first names got killed and won in different times: William, Holly...