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2RHPZ
05-10-2005, 05:12 PM
Paratroopers remembered at Wegner Point

By ANTHONY DIXON
Local News - Monday, May 09, 2005 @ 19:00

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LEFT – Retired Master Corporal Russ Murphy of Petawawa, a survivor of the paradrop accident, lays a wreath on behalf of the survivors.
Photo: Observer photo by Anthony Dixon


Clear skies and brilliant sunshine greeted the people who gathered by the Memorial Cairn at Wegner Point on the shore of the Ottawa River to honour the memory of the seven paratroopers who drowned on May 8, 1968.

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RSK
05-10-2005, 11:38 PM
Interesting!