“LET’S GO!’ WITH A SHOUT, SOLDIERS OF 2ND BATTALION PRINCESS PATRICIA’S CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY OF THE CANADIAN ARMY SPECIAL FORCE MOUNT YET ANOTHER ASSAULT ON A HEAVILY DEFENDED CHINESE HILL-TOP POSITION SOMEWHERE IN SOUTH KOREA IN THE SPRING OF 1951.
BY MID APRIL UNITED NATIONS’ FORCES HAD PUSHED INVADING CHINESE COMMUNIST FORCES BACK ACROSS THE 38TH PARALLEL THAT SEPARATED NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA.
THE CHINESE MADE ON EMORE DESPERATE ATTEMPT THAT MONTH TO RECAPTURE THE SOUTH KOREAN CAPITAL OF SEOUL BUT WERE SOUNDLY DEFEATED BY UN FORCES. 2PPCLI GAINED RECOGNITION FOR THEIR GALLAN STAND AT KAP’YONG APRIL 24/25, THEIR DTERMINED DEFENCE RECOGNIZED BY THE AWARD OF THE UNTED STATES PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, THE ONLY CANADIAN UNIT EVER SO HONOURED.
THIS STATUE COMMEMORATES THE 25,000 CANADIANS WHO SERVED DURING THE KOREAN WAR FROM 1950 TO THE CEASEFIRE IN JULY 1953 AND IN PARTICULAR THAT OF PRIVATE MALCOLM McNEILL OF 2PPCLI AND IS PLACED HERE IN THEIR HONOUR BY DUNCAN McNEILL OF CALGARY.
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