Korea: the war without end

corporal delphis cormier

Cormier was an 18-year-old corporal, leading a section of eight men who took up the rear of the patrol. “They actually jumped on us and it was hand-to-hand combat,” said Cormier, now 90 years old. “We fought with bayonets, and I killed quite a few.”

Korea: the war without end

corporal philippe lepage

He drove a supply truck on regular runs to and from Seoul, first during combat and later as occupation forces established the ceasefire that has lasted 70 years.

Korea: the war without end

Lance-corporal Doug Murphy

Doug Murphy was a young electronics technician in 191 Canadian Infantry Workshop, the Corps of Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. He and a handful of comrades were seconded for much of their time in Korea to a special British/Commonwealth unit he said “nobody’s ever heard of”—the Divisional Telecommunications, or Divtels, Workshop.

Korea: the war without end

Nursing Sister Jessie Chenevert

At 101 years old, the memories of her time working in a field hospital near the front lines of the Korean War, 25 kilometres north of Seoul, are still vivid.

Korea: the war without end

Leading Seaman George Guertin

It took George Guertin two years to get to Korea after he joined the navy at 19 years old in 1951. His time there was short-lived, but eventful.