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Something happened to her dad and his fellow infantrymen almost 70 years ago and Mary Polak would like to have it acknowledged.
Ernest Peter Inkman his friends have always called him Pete was born in Agassiz in 1929 and was 21 when the Korean War broke out in 1950.
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Serving with the 1st Battalion of the Princess Patricia, 6 Platoon, he and his fellow Canadian soldiers spent endless days and nights on patrol in Korea in an ongoing game of cat-and-mouse with Chinese troops. One side would advance, the other retreat; then they’d repeat the push and withdraw the other way, and so on.
Growing anger over the actions of a general who supported a sex offender has prompted an apology from the country’s top soldier on how the situation was…
Defence Minister Sajjan questions judgment of general who provided character reference for sex offender Acting chief of the defence staff, meanwhile, praises Maj.-Gen. Peter Dawe, the head of Canadian special forces, as an outstanding leader
Author of the article: David Pugliese • Ottawa Citizen
Publishing date: Apr 30, 2021 • April 30, 2021 • 3 minute read At a press conference Thursday, Minister of National Defence Harjit Sajjan announces further measures to deal with misconduct in the military. Photo by Sean Kilpatrick /The Canadian Press
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Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says he has serious concerns with the judgment shown by a general in producing a glowing character reference for a sex offender who attacked a female soldier.
Author of the article: David Pugliese • Ottawa Citizen
Publishing date: Apr 30, 2021 • April 30, 2021 • 3 minute read At a press conference Thursday, Minister of National Defence Harjit Sajjan announces further measures to deal with misconduct in the military. Photo by Sean Kilpatrick /The Canadian Press
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Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says he has serious concerns with the judgment shown by a general in producing a glowing character reference for a sex offender who attacked a female soldier.
But acting Chief of the Defence Staff Lt.-Gen. Wayne Eyre is praising Maj.-Gen. Peter Dawe, the head of Canadian special forces, as an outstanding leader and says he has full confidence in the officer despite his actions.