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Battle dress blouse with sergeant’s stripes; 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry remains the only Canadian unit to have earned a Presidential Unit Citation

Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry advance over hills scorched by napalm, February 1951. BILL OLSON, LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA174228

12th Platoon, D Company, 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry takes a break. HUB GRAY, PRINCESS PATRICIA’S CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

Privates John Joyal, Henry Hayward and Donald Beebe of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry steady themselves after mortar platoon training near Miryang, February 1951.

A mine-clearing team of the Royal Canadian Engineers at work, September 1951. PAUL TOMELIN, LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA115813  

Defence Minister Brooke Claxton (left) visits the troops. LEGION MAGAZINE ARCHIVES