Lieutenant-Colonel J.R. Stone (left) and Brigadier J.M. Rockingham watch as members of the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, the first Canadian Army unit
Lieutenant Eric Jones directs airstrikes from HMCS Crusader. CANADIAN WAR MUSEUM—19920085-1024
Signalmen at work in an abandoned house, late 1951. PAUL TOMELIN, LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA141378
Canadian servicemen distribute food to a refugee camp, July 1951. BILL OLSON, LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA129118
Canadian forces take up positions in a valley, June 1951. LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA128868
Wartime cartoon. CANADIAN WAR MUSEUM—19910184-001
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