RE: Questions regarding NAC ground units, was SG IF morale

But who is/was Princess Patricia ?

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Subject: Re: Questions regarding NAC ground units, was SG IF morale

At 07:57  30/11/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Zooom, over my head...  Huh?

2ND BATTALION, PRINCESS PATRICIA'S CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY was one of
three
units named in a United States Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation
awarded for the battle of Kapyong, Korea, 23-24 April 1951.

The units involved (in order on the citation) were:

3RD BATTALION, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT
2ND BATTALION, PRINCESS PATRICIA'S CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY
COMPANY A, 72ND HEAVY TANK BATTALION (UNITED STATES)

A transcript of the citation can be found here:

http://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/pres_cit.htm

one perspective of the battle can be found also here:

http://www.awm.gov.au/korea/operations/kapyong/kapyong.htm

Derek

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