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Reservists Taste Realism In Tough Army Training
A Manitoba Week press party joined Prairie Command at Dundurn Camp near Saskatoon to observe a two day Reserve Forces exercise. The operation tested the 16th and 17th Infantry Brigades with realistic defensive withdrawal, night patrols, air droppouts, and a dramatic 200 man parachute assault led by RCA Paratroop Battery from Camp Shilo.
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Manitoba
Prairie Command
Army Reserve Force
Dundurn
Ringside
J. D
Jack) Donoghue
P.R.O
Dakota
Winnipeg
Regina
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
N. E. Rodger
O.C
16Th Brigade
O. M. Kay
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Winnipeg Grenadiers
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Winnipeg Light Infantry
Fort Garry Horse
Sixth Signals Regiment
J. A. W. Bennett
H. S. Johnson
RCA
Camp Shilo
N. Chambers