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    JADOTVILLE DAY 2017

    by WORDS TOM GARNER Nov 27, 2017 2 minutes

    Members of the Irish UN Veterans Pipe Band lead the ceremonial parade

    The ceremony was not just attended by the surviving ‘Jadotville Tigers’ but also large numbers of ex-Irish Army UN veterans

    A Company, 35th Battalion was officially represented by the Irish tricolour and the flags of the United Nations and the Irish Army

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