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Canadian Army Special Force The Canadian Army Special Force was a field force raised by the Canadian Army for the Korean War. While units of the Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Canadian Air Force were despatched to Korea in June and July respectively, ground troop participation in the UN intervention was slow to come. The US and Britain had numbers of soldiers serving in the Far East (on Japanese occupation duty in the case of the US, and in Hong Kong notably but not only, in the case of Britain) and was able to provide material assistance quickly. On 7 Aug 1950, Prime Minister St. Laurent announced the raising of an infantry brigade group "to be available for use in carrying out Canada's obligations under the United Nations Charter or the North Atlantic Pact." Recruiting began two days after the announcement. Enrollment All members of the CASF were volunteers, with a term of service of 18 months or "such period as may be required in consequence of any action taken by Canada pursuant to an international agreement or where the therm of service expires during an emergency or within one year or the expiration thereof."1 The first commander of the Canadian contingent in Korea was recruited personally by Brooke Claxton, the Minister of National Defence. John Rockingham had commanded the 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade in North-West Europe in the Second World War. Notes
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