An Army of Amateurs

Heroes Remember

An Army of Amateurs

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The guy that was there when I was there was a sergeant in his own army so I mean, like, he’d been made a sergeant in his own army. So we’re not talking about rocket science here. This guy probably had about a grade three or so Belgique nunnery education, you know. I mean what they learn is what they learn in the bush and that’s survival and those tactics along with followers, I mean you do things. Against a full-fledged army he’d probably have problems, but he’s not fighting that. He’s fighting another grade three guy that’s leading his army that is against what he wants to do.

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Mr. Dubinski discusses Congolese “armies” being led by uneducated low ranking leaders.

William Dubinski

William Dubinski was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on August 17, 1930. As a youth, he and several friends became train hoppers, travelling from job to job by rail, often staying in “hobo jungles”. One of his stops was in Calgary and it was there that he enlisted in the Canadian Signal Corps. Mr. Dubinski became a teletype operator and later became a communications instructor with the rank of Master Warrant Officer. He served overseas in Germany and as a peacekeeper in the Congo. His Canadian service included being the computer centre senior non-commissioned officer (NCO) during the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) crisis and Telecom manager for the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, PQ.

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