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Burtch and Cook: Kap’yong — What Canada learned from the first hot battle of the Cold War
Why should we care about the 70th anniversary of a particular battle in South Korea? For its lessons about defence, courage and the importance of preserving historical memory.
Author of the article: Andrew Burtch, Tim Cook
Publishing date: Apr 24, 2021  •  3 hours ago  •  6 minute read  • 
Lieut. Mike Levy (left) inspects a captured submachine gun in Korea, 1951. As the lieutenant of 10 Platoon, D Company, 2 PPCLI, Levy made the call to bring down artillery on his own position during the Battle of Kap yong. (Courtesy of Don Levy) ....

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