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The push to get a Canadian soldier the highest military honour
Manage episode 306914395 series 2332787
A campaign is underway to honour a Canadian veteran with the country's highest military medal for his actions in Afghanistan 15 years ago. Jesse Larochelle saved a platoon of his comrades outside Kandahar but his heroics took a horrible, physical and emotional toll on him.
Senior National Post features writer Joe O'Connor joins Dave Breakenridge to discuss what happened in October 2006 when Jesse Larochelle saved his fellow soldiers and the push to see him given the Canadian Victoria Cross.
Background reading: Ghosts of Afghanistan: The story of a Canadian war hero
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Manage episode 306914395 series 2332787
A campaign is underway to honour a Canadian veteran with the country's highest military medal for his actions in Afghanistan 15 years ago. Jesse Larochelle saved a platoon of his comrades outside Kandahar but his heroics took a horrible, physical and emotional toll on him.
Senior National Post features writer Joe O'Connor joins Dave Breakenridge to discuss what happened in October 2006 when Jesse Larochelle saved his fellow soldiers and the push to see him given the Canadian Victoria Cross.
Background reading: Ghosts of Afghanistan: The story of a Canadian war hero
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
534 afleveringen
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