M y father, Roger DUTIL, and his brother Arthur DUTIL, were working for a construction company when the United Nations announced that they needed participants for the war. They both decided to join the army.

P rivate Roger DUTIL arrived in Pusan, Korea in the spring of 1951. He was part of the Royal 22nd regiment and served as a transport trucker delivering much needed water to the troops.

H is service ended after seven months when he was wounded in a mortar barrage by the Chinese army. He received a medical discharge for the loss of his right eye and wounds to his shoulder and left eye.

T oday, Roger DUTIL attends the annual veterans parades in Stanstead, Quebec and he is also part of KVA Unit 32.

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