CANADIAN SPECIAL OPS Forand, Alain Robert Pierre

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  • SURNAME
Forand
  • FORENAME
Alain Robert Pierre
  • UNIT
Canadian Airborne Regiment
  • RANK
Captain
  • NUMBER
  • AWARD
Star of Courage
  • PLACE
Cyprus 1974
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 27.01.1944, Farnham, Quebec
from Montreal, Quebec
awards Commander Order of Military Merit, Officer Order St. John, Star of Courage, Meritorious Service Cross, Canadian Forces Decoration
08.2000 retired after 33 years service
Author "Cyprus 1974, This Ain't No Picnic, It's War", "Star of Courage: Recognizing The Heroes Among Us", "Canadian Peacekeepers : Grades 5-8" & "Out of Darkness, Light: A History of Canadian Military Intelligence, Volume 2, 1983-1997"
 

CITATION:

Star of Courage : On July 23, 1974, during the war in Cyprus, a Canadian patrol conducting a group of combatants out of a UN controlled area came under fire. Several combatant soldiers were killed or wounded and the Canadian officer leading the escort party was wounded. One of his men who began to render first aid to the fallen officer was also hit. At the bottom of a creek bed, the victims were exposed to continuing machine gun fire. Coming on the scene, Alain Forand arranged for covering fire and, with complete disregard for his own safety, he crawled forward over the exposed ground, to aid the two casualties. Single-handedly, he managed to drag the wounded officer some distance up onto the bank of the creek where others helped carry him out of the danger area. Forand then directed the rescue of the wounded soldier.
  • Awarded on: December 20, 1974
  • Invested on: April 03, 1975
Meritorious Service Cross : From July until October of 1995, Brigadier-General Forand served as commander of Sector South with the United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation (UNCRO) in the Serb-controlled territory of Krajina in Croatia. During "Operation Storm", which started on August 4, 1995, he provided outstanding leadership and demonstrated extreme courage and determination. Thanks to his actions, countless UN peacekeepers and more than 700 Serb refugees escaped injury.

WEB LINKS:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Forand
https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/121-4646
https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/139-67
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