Remembrance Moments - Afghanistan

Remembrance Moments Canada’s Role in Afghanistan
In New York City, the World Trade Centre twin towers shortly following the second airplane impact on September 11, 2001 September 11,2001
Smoke billows over the NYC skyline as the towers collapse The world is shocked
Canadian Armed Forces fighter jets, Halifax-class frigates and tanks The war against terrorism begins
Canadian soldiers board a large Royal Canadian Air Force transportation jet, followed by military personnel aboard a transport jet and the jet landing on a runway Canada joins the UN response
Soldiers exit through the back of a large helicopter With the largest deployment since 1945
Two soldiers ride atop a tank, followed by a tank driving on a dirt road in an arid region
In night vision: Soldiers board onto an aircraft at night, followed by soldiers onboard an aircraft at night More than 40,000 Canadians serve
Multiple shots of a Halifax-class frigate Defending the international fleet
Naval ship operators at work aboard a Canadian vessel
A member of the Canadian Armed Forces sits in a helicopter and looks out over the desert while stationed at an automatic rifle Fighting the unseen enemy
Soldiers take position with their weapons behind a wall
Aboard a helicopter an automatic rifle is fired
While taking cover behind a wall, soldiers fire shots beyond the wall
A tank fires a single shot Overthrowing the Taliban
Soldiers engaging in fire exchange while maintaining cover
Soldiers are trained in minesweeping through the use of a metal detector Training an army
An Afghani soldier uses a metal detector to sweep for mines
A local boy talks with a Canadian soldier Rebuilding a nation
Two Canadian soldiers talk with a group of school aged children
Canadian soldiers partake in a meeting with local Afghani men
A single Canadian soldier marches in front of a jeep Some 160 Canadian men and women lose their lives
Eight soldiers take place behind a jeep carrying the coffin of a fallen Canadian soldier
A coffin draped in the Canadian flag is carried aboard a transport jet as military personnel stand at attention and salute Over 2,000 are wounded
A procession line to the open aircraft allows soldiers to pay their respects to the fallen soldier Many more suffer the psychological scars
A procession line to the open aircraft allows soldiers to pay their respects to the fallen soldier
Soldiers walk through the military compound together at dawn Fighting for peace, freedom and human rights
A coffin draped in the Canadian flag is carried by eight soldiers We salute their service
Four coffins, carrying four Canadian soldiers are carried onto a transport jet
Image of the Canadian flag draped over a coffin onboard an aircraft while surrounding military personnel stand at attention And sacrifice
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