Triumph at Kapyong: Canada's Pivotal Battle in Korea

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Dan Bjarnason, Toronto, Canada

Published March 21, 2011; April 24th, 1951,was
a lonely, moon-lit night in Korea. On a
godforsaken hill, a few hundred surrounded
Canadian soldiers waited for the fight of their
lives to begin. Soon, Chinese communist troops
in their thousands, swarmed around them,
plunging straight towards the Korean capital,
Seoul. These Canadians were all that blocked
the way. This is the story of the first battle
by Canadas first soldiers in the Korean War:
the 2nd Battalion of Princess Patricias
Canadian Light Infantry. These volunteers were
straight from Central Casting: truck drivers,
construction workers, kids just out of high
school, and bored farm boys. Outnumbered and
outgunned, this people's army of amateurs beat
off some of the toughest troops on earth. This
battle that's become a legend takes its name
from a nearby peanut-sized village: Kapyong.
It's become a mythic Canadian story, except
this is mythology that is real.



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