DND APD02 5000-141

Heavily laden with their full kit, members of the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patrica's Canadian Light Infantry (3 PPCLI) Battle Group march to the Chinook helicopters waiting to transport them into the mountains near Gardez in eastern Afghanistan for Operation ANACONDA, the Canadian Army's first combat mission since the Korean War. The 3 PPCLI Battle Group is deployed in Afghanistan on Operation APOLLO, Canada's military contribution to the international campaign against terrorism. Photo: DND APD02 5000-141 From: https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/wars-and-conflicts/afghanistan/canada-joins