Monty Penney
Monty Penney served in Rwanda and the Balkans. He witnessed the horrors of those conflicts first hand.
Jonquière, Québec
Rwanda Balkans
Mr. Penney was born July 23, 1960. He is a retired Sergeant (PO2) who completed twenty years of military service in 2004. Mr. Penney served in Sarajevo as a Medic at the onset of the conflict in the Balkans and was awarded the Medal of Bravery for his heroic actions while in theatre. He is credited with saving the life of a child in the midst of a bombing. Mr. Penney now resides in Edmonton, Alberta, with his wife and children.
Heroes Remember interview
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Around mid July of the same year, I was in Sarajevo, for the
second time. This time I was looking out a window of the 5th
floor of the building I was working in and below I could observe
some kids receiving or accepting some foods from some of my
fellow colleagues, soldiers. The mortars started to rain
again, and they rained down on the children. I was witnessing
the mortar murders of hatred. The children below me were just
torn, ripped to pieces by the hot shrapnel. I would see these kids
again very soon. The stretchers I was working on, the boy had his
leg ripped off by shrapnel. The remaining leg of the other, the
other remaining leg I crudely removed, cause I couldn't control
the bleeding.......The point of telling these stories, or even
these true events I guess, is to remind you of the people that
have an important role in this crazy world. The Mitch's, the
Tracey's and the names of countless soldiers that are doing
their jobs in the name of peace. The sad part is, these soldiers
will never receive the respect or credit they justly do deserve.
They are actually the heroes to be remembered.
Where they served
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