Fighting Medak monsters
STORY BY PAIGE JASMINE GILMAR
Something seemed off about the Croatians biding for more time. Bombs bursting behind them, the Croats claimed their forces were exploding old mines.
But as the sounds of rifle fire mixed with the rising smoke from the villages beyond the roadblock, the Canadians imagined what this meant: the Croats were killing Serbs in the communities.
It was Sept. 16, 1993, and the hot midday sun beat down on Sergeant Sjirk Ruurds (Rudy) Bajema’s 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (2 PPCLI). During the Yugoslav Wars, a 1991-2001 conflict between the six former republics of Yugoslavia, the battalion had been tasked with securing Medak Pocket, a farming region off the Adriatic coast. Later known as Operation Medak Pocket, the mission was the most-significant combat Canadian forces had participated in since the Korean War. Its importance remains 30 years later.
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Royal Canadian Legion, US Branch #25 