#Kapyong

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Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Kapyong in the Korean War. It remains one of @AustralianArmy’s finest battlefield achievements. A thread on the Battle: Only five years

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Several of his fellow soldiers were recognized for their bravery. He was Jewish. He called for artillery fire on his own position to hold off the Chinese. It took more

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A girl, a boy, and a soldier.They stand in Ottawa facing Korea.Why? Korea. April, 1951.5,000 Chinese soldiers storm south into the Kapyong Valley.South Korean troops are retreating. After fighting fiercely

Thread: On the anniversary of the Battle of #Kapyong, let's meet the Canadian soldiers who died in the defence of Hill 677. 1/? First, Private Robert Herbert George Tolver, born