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Post 6 Newsletter Vol 3, Issue 11 Dec 2022
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Operation Morthor in Elisabethville Congo 13 – 21 September 1961
In this article we look at the killing of Trooper Edward Gaffney, C Company 35 Infantry Battalion in action during Operation Morthor and the first Irish personnel who were captured by the Gendarmerie Trooper Edward Gaffney Today we remember the 60th anniversary of the death of Trooper Edward Gaffney, C Company, 35 Infantry Battalion…
Post No 6 Newsletter Vol 4 Issue 6 March 2024
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Obituary Maj Gen Vincent Savino (Retd) Irish Times 24/09/2022
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NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
By PRO IUNVA Thirty five years ago, on 29 Sep 1988, the Norwegian Nobel Committee decided that the 1988 Nobel Peace Prize would be awarded to the United Nations Peacekeeping Forces. The Nobel Committee announced “The peacekeeping forces of the United Nations have, under extremely difficult conditions, contributed to reducing tensions where an armistice has…
20th Anniversary of Deadly Attack on UN HQ in Iraq
By PRO IUNVA A commemoration ceremony was held on 19 Aug 2023 to mark the 20th anniversary of the truck bomb attack on 19 Aug 2003 on the UN Headquarters at the Canal Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq that killed 22 people including the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello…
