Thanks Fred, I think you may be interested in my friend and Dragoon Tony Gatowski, he is
in Nanaimo BC and is a member of Association. google his name and see Siberian Survivor,
Les Struzik was his fellow Polish companion and Les is quite close to me. Very
interesting...
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On Apr 27, 2013, at 12:36 PM, "Fred Watson" <fwatson70(a)cogeco.ca> wrote:
For RCD Association Members Information and Interest.
Biff
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Association for distribution.
NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT
Captain / Capitaine Karl Morel, CD
Commanding Officer / Commandant
The Black Watch (RHR) of Canada Cadet Corps 2497
2067, De Bleury Street, Montreal, QC, H3A 2K2
Office: 514-496-1686 Extension 237
Home: 514-847-0025
archivaire(a)sympatico.ca
karl.morel(a)cadets.gc.ca
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De : Rotary Club of West Ottawa [mailto:rotary@brooking.ca]
Envoyé : 25 avril 2013 13:24
À : archivaire(a)sympatico.ca
Objet : Peacekeeper/ Military/Medical Book/RCAF Publication "Sinai Surgeon"
Karl Moral,
Veteran Peacekeeperu
Dear Karl,
I would like to introduce you to a newly published book, a military medical nonfiction
historical narrative, "Sinai Surgeon" by R Mervyn Letts MSc MD FRCSC (F/L Ret),
published by International Orthopaedic Consultants Inc, ISBN 978-0-9867490-0.
The author is an Orthopaedic Surgeon, and was the former Head of Surgery at both the
Winnipeg Children's Hospital and the Ottawa Children's Hospital of Eastern
Ontario. He has written an historical documentary of his service as a medical officer in
the RCAF secunded to the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) in Egypt in the year prior
to the Six Day War.
The book documents the little known history of the 115th Air Transport Unit, the air
support wing of the UNEF and the Canadian role in the 10 year success story of the UNEF in
Peacekeeping as well as the trials and tribulations of an RCAF Medical Officer striving to
maintain the health of a Canadian fighting force in a hostile desert environment. Numerous
public health issues in the field are addressed as well as most of the diseases
encountered by armies in a difficult environment. Thousands of Canada's military
served in UNEF in the Sinai over its 10 year tenure and in other Middle Eastern theatres.
It focuses particularly on the roles played by Canadians in the desert operations.
The book is of the highest quality construction with perfect sewn binding, soft
laminated cover, 585 fine paper 80gm pages, profusely illustrated in color. The royalties
from book sales are being donated by the author to the Rotary's "Eradication of
Polio in the World Program". The book highlights the public health issues related to
managing the health of a large military encampment under austere conditions including food
handling and supply.
Please review the book's web site
www.sinaisurgeon.comfor further information and
purchase. We would greatly appreciate your consideration to include Sinai Surgeon in your
Personal Library as well as including a short description in your Newsletter (qv
attachment) in the event you may wish to donate a copy to your local library on behalf of
Veterans. The book may be purchased for $28.50 on the book's website. It would be a
nice addition to any Historical. Medical and Military literary display.
We appreciate your consideration of this publication as the book has particular appeal
to medical and military historian buffs, veterans, peacekeepers, travellers and anyone
interested in Middle East politics or geography.
Sincerely,
Brett Brooking, Rotarian
Rotary Club of West Ottawa
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