Canadian Association of Veterans in United Nations Peacekeeping

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WE ARE CAPE BRETONERS, WHERE MANY OF US IN THE ARMED FORCES AND POLICE, HAVE SERVED IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD. WE ARE PEACEKEEPERS, TOGETHER WE ARE INTERESTED IN CANADA'S PROUD TRADITION IN RESTORING INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY, ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHOM GAVE THE ULTIMATE PRICE AND WE HONOR THEM.

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OUR HOPE FOR MANKIND

MAJOR GENERAL LEWIS MACKENZIE, OStJ, OOnt, MSC, CD

General Lewis MacKenzie was born in Truro, Nova Scotia a long time ago. He is a graduate of Xavier Junior College of Sydney, Cape Breton and the University of Manitoba. During his thirty six years of military service in the Infantry he served nine years in Germany with NATO forces and managed to fit in nine peacekeeping tours of duty in six different mission areas - the Gaza Strip, Cyprus, Vietnam, Cairo, Central America and Sarajevo.

UN armoured vehicle at an observation post near Skouriotissa, Cyprus

We invite you to visit us or attend an event. Our members are more than happy to answer any questions you may have about the organization and how you can join.

THE PEACEKEEPERS

They serve in Egypt and Israel
Also Cyprus too
It does not matter what country
They are doing it for you

Standing on the green line
Keeping both sides apart
It's a job that is not easy
And it takes people, with a special heart

Trying to prevent a war
In a land where they don't belong
It's the job of the peacekeepers
So they got to be strong

Maybe its hard to understand
Why people want to fight
But thanks to the Peacekeepers
There will be no war tonight

In memory of those who served
and died in the name of peace.

By Harold(Butch)MacNeil

Butch MacNeil