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Young Canadian boy aims to join Grenadier Guards after camp visit
Eight year old Mark Nolan from Maple Ridge B C joins the Grenadier Guards for days of tank maneuvers and helicopter flights at Suffield. He handles an anti tank guided missile simulator and commands a Ferret scout car then flies in a helicopter earning pilot wings. He remains eager to join the regiment when older despite dust heat and mosquitoes.
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Paul Strickland
the News
Suffield
Grenadier Guards
Mark Nolan
Maple Ridge
B.C
Tony Jones
Jones
Mark
Medicine Hat
David Ratcliffe
Ratcliffe
Camp Crowfoot
British Army Training Unit
Germany
Grenadiers
Sgt. Jones
Ken Ritchie
Ritchie
Beryl Nolan
Stephen
Consulting Engineers
Vancouver
Nolans
Canada
Lance
B. C
Lance Sgt