Canadian Armed Forces

Mr. Campbell explains the importance of a soldier’s rifle and how you know when you’ve made a good shot.

Mr. Campbell explains a close encounter with Serbian military police where he and an RCMP officer were eating at a restaurant and two MP’s came up to them with their guns drawn.

Mr. Campbell talks about seeing the Yugoslavian soldiers and the mean look they always had in their eye. He says it was quite an eerie sight.

Mr. Campbell explains how, when he was in Yugoslavia they weren’t supposed to help civilians who needed attention, but he did what he could for them anyhow.

Mr. Eagle talks about how important it is to have teamwork.

Mr. Eagle talks about how you have to lead by example when you’re a sergeant.

Mr. Eagle talks about being pinned down for 4 hours. He also talks about how they had to get permission from NATO to do anything from fire back at those that had them pinned down to shooting a dog with rabies.

Mr. Eagle talks about New York VIP and how they thought they could go wherever they wanted.

Mr. Campbell explains about how the Serbian soldiers would always point their guns at the peace officers but would never shoot. He explains how you got used to it and knew exactly how to react.

Mr. Forsyth recalls a Veteran who had been wounded at Vimy in the First World War, signing up for the Second World War and passing the registration medical at roughly the same time as himself.