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Lance Corporal Smiley Douglas returns home with Military Medal
It is called Canada's "Forgotten War." Over 500 Canadians died in the United Nations' struggle to repel the communist forces that invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950. To the people they helped liberate, the Canadians were heroes. Yet those who made it home returned to an indifferent country and a government that took 40 years to officially acknowledge their sacrifice.
Program: CBC News Roundup
Broadcast Date: June 29, 1951
Guest: Smiley Douglas
Interviewer: Cliff Bowers
Duration: 1:18
Last updated: March 6, 2013
Page consulted on March 20, 2013
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