Remembrance Moments - Afghanistan
Remembrance Moments
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In New York City, the World Trade Centre twin towers shortly following the second airplane impact on September 11, 2001
September 11, 2001Smoke billows over the NYC skyline as the towers collapse
The world is shockedCanadian Armed Forces fighter jets, Halifax-class frigates and tanks
The war against terrorism beginsCanadian 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 international responseSoldiers exit through the back of a large helicopter
Our largest deployment since the Second World WarTwo 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 serveMultiple shots of a Halifax-class frigate
Defending the international fleetNaval 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 a brutal enemySoldiers 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 TalibanSoldiers engaging in fire exchange while maintaining cover
Soldiers are trained in minesweeping through the use of a metal detector
Training an armyAn Afghani soldier uses a metal detector to sweep for mines
A local boy talks with a Canadian soldier
Rebuilding a nationTwo 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
158 Canadian men and women lose their livesEight 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 woundedA procession line to the open aircraft allows soldiers to pay their respects to the fallen soldier
Many more suffer the psychological scarsA 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 rightsA coffin draped in the Canadian flag is carried by eight soldiers
We salute their serviceFour 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 #RememberThemMilitary personnel standing at attention for a moment of silence during a Remembrance Day ceremony
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Canada’s Role in Afghanistan
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- Medium:
- Video
- Owner:
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- Recorded:
- September 12, 2016
- Duration:
- 2:21
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