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Thank You For Your Service

...Interview with Elburn Duffy

“desolate” and in ruin. But when he
By Rob Foreman
returned in 1987, he was reminded
hen Elburn Duffy looks back of why he fought. South Korea had

Won the grim horrors of the become a flourishing nation, and the
Korean War, he still doesn’t hesitate people who had lived through the
to say he would volunteer to fight on war did not forget about the soldiers

the front lines all over again. that helped make their freedom
possible.
“We knew why we were there, to
help make a better country,” he says. “Every time we walked by
someone and we had our Canadian
It was the indescribable comradery flags, people would make a point

among the soldiers he served with of thanking you. It made you feel
that gave him another sense of good,” he states.
responsibility.
It’s a feeling of purpose that only
“You’re a family when you’re a lucky few can understand. But it
together and you acquire a sense of comes at a cost that Duffy says he
wanting to protect them. That feeling will never forget.
stays with you.” Duffy explains.
“Every guy you lost, you felt it.
Duffy landed in Korea in April
A band of brothers, that’s what we
of 1951 as a 21-year-old corporal
are. Once you’re a soldier, you’re
with “D” Company, 2nd Battalion, Elburn Duffy Photo Submitted
always a soldier.”
Royal Canadian Regiment (RCR).
It didn’t take long before he found
himself on the front lines – building
a bunker on a hillside once used as
a burial.

“We dug down and had to throw
the bones out. We lived under
adverse conditions,” said Duffy.
The RCR’s would see its first

engagement in the Attack on Chail-
Li, a location vital to the Chinese
supply line. Duffy, a Bren gunner,
was part of “D” Company’s advance
against communist Chinese forces.
They advanced so far, they had
created a deep salient in the enemy
lines, leaving their flanks without

protection. After being cut off by
enemy forces, Duffy’s battalion was

able to fight its way out and form an
organized defensive position with
the rest of the brigade. Elburn (Dog Company) had a
Duffy’s service in Korea would chance to meet up with a good
Elburn and wife Jeannine are members of the Korea Unit Legion buddy from Cornwall, Jimmy
carry on for just over a year. In 1952
Riders motorcycle group. The group raises money to support Burke (Baker Company) while in
he left a country he described as homeless veterans. Photo Submitted reserve Photo Submitted