Canada’s Victoria Cross has yet to be awarded

Story and photography by Stephen J. Thorne

The Victoria Cross is the highest recognition for military valour a soldier can receive, yet not one has been awarded since the Canadian version was created in 1993, despite a number of heroic individual actions by Canadians in Afghanistan.

Twenty members of the Canadian Armed Forces received the Star of Military Valour, the second highest Canadian award for valour, for actions during the 13-year war, all of them jaw-dropping examples of courage.

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Our man in Tehran

Story by Sharon Adams

In nearly two and a half centuries, the United States has recognized outstanding civilian achievements with the Congressional Gold Medal. It is a rare honour; just over 150 have been awarded to groups or individuals since 1776. Of those, just 31 have been struck for non-American individuals, including one Canadian—diplomat Ken Taylor.

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January 26-31, 1945

Canadians are victorious at the Battle for the Kapelsche Veer in the Netherlands.

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Vintage War Posters!
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Recruitment posters were widely used during the First World War to encourage men to join the military effort. As the war progressed, the posters took a more forceful turn. This poster shamed fathers who remained at home into enlisting so they might have stories to tell their children after the war’s end.

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Meeting in Panmunjom

Story by Stephen J. Thorne

When senior officials from the two Koreas met for the first time in more than two years on Jan. 9, they did not do it in just any old place. They chose Panmunjom, a bizarre village that contrasts armed military standoff with tourist attraction.

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St. Laurent and Kim Il-Sung

Story by Mark Zuehlke

A dangerous supreme leader, threats of ballistic missiles, aggression toward the United States and its NATO allies–today’s rhetoric is eerily similar to what it was at the start of the Korean War in 1950.

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Korea: The Forgotten War
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Now you can have any special issue from this award-winning series bound in a luxurious dark-linen wrap marked with Legion Magazine’s silver foil logo. What better way to protect and showcase these issues highlighting pivotal moments in Canadian history.

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January 18, 1967

Yellowknife is selected as the capital of the Northwest Territories.

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