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"The English transcript is not available. Please consult the French transcript."
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![Roger Gagnon at Rivers, Manitoba on his paratrooper course, July 1953.]({"id":"d873a31b-fef5-4cd0-9621-dab278d68b84","disk":"s3","directory":"MemoryProject\/J.L.RogerGagnon","filename":"15033_538","extension":"jpg","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","aggregate_type":"image","size":14829,"variant_name":null,"original_media_id":null,"created_at":"2022-06-23T16:54:31.000000Z","updated_at":"2022-06-23T16:54:31.000000Z","title":"Roger Gagnon at Rivers, Manitoba on his paratrooper course, July 1953.","alt":"Roger Gagnon at Rivers, Manitoba on his paratrooper course, July 1953.","caption":null,"creator":null,"source":"Courtesy of J.L. Roger Gagnon","conversion_urls":{"original":"https:\/\/d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net\/MemoryProject\/J.L.RogerGagnon\/15033_538.jpg"},"url":"https:\/\/d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net\/MemoryProject\/J.L.RogerGagnon\/15033_538.jpg","credit":"Courtesy of J.L. Roger Gagnon","pivot":{"mediable_id":"146609bd-e0c6-4714-bc6d-867196ae474e","media_id":"d873a31b-fef5-4cd0-9621-dab278d68b84","mediable_type":"App\\Models\\Article","tag":"gallery","order":1},"translations":[{"id":"87ca2b6c-8aba-456c-9a6e-04bafb0c7e9e","media_id":"d873a31b-fef5-4cd0-9621-dab278d68b84","title":"Roger Gagnon at Rivers, Manitoba on his paratrooper course, July 1953.","alt":"Roger Gagnon at Rivers, Manitoba on his paratrooper course, July 1953.","caption":null,"creator":null,"source":"Courtesy of J.L. Roger Gagnon","locale":"en","credit":"Courtesy of J.L. Roger Gagnon"},{"id":"89323bee-e3f6-4b37-b482-9611e23ede15","media_id":"d873a31b-fef5-4cd0-9621-dab278d68b84","title":"Roger Gagnon \u00e0 Rivers, Manitoba au cour de parachutiste, juillet 1953.","alt":"Roger Gagnon \u00e0 Rivers, Manitoba au cour de parachutiste, juillet 1953.","caption":null,"creator":null,"source":"Avec la permission de J.L. Roger Gagnon","locale":"fr","credit":"Avec la permission de J.L. Roger Gagnon"}]} "Roger Gagnon at Rivers, Manitoba on his paratrooper course, July 1953.")
Roger Gagnon at Rivers, Manitoba on his paratrooper course, July 1953.
Courtesy of J.L. Roger Gagnon
![Roger Gagnon receiving the Ambassador of Peace Medal from the president of South Korea during a revisit to Korea, September 1986.]({"id":"279138bc-dc28-45f5-991d-ae7f0d6f3765","disk":"s3","directory":"MemoryProject\/J.L.RogerGagnon","filename":"15065_538","extension":"jpg","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","aggregate_type":"image","size":40874,"variant_name":null,"original_media_id":null,"created_at":"2022-06-23T16:54:31.000000Z","updated_at":"2022-06-23T16:54:31.000000Z","title":"Roger Gagnon receiving the Ambassador of Peace Medal from the president of South Korea during a revisit to Korea, September 1986.","alt":"Roger Gagnon receiving the Ambassador of Peace Medal from the president of South Korea during a revisit to Korea, September 1986.","caption":null,"creator":null,"source":"Courtesy of J.L. Roger Gagnon","conversion_urls":{"original":"https:\/\/d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net\/MemoryProject\/J.L.RogerGagnon\/15065_538.jpg"},"url":"https:\/\/d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net\/MemoryProject\/J.L.RogerGagnon\/15065_538.jpg","credit":"Courtesy of J.L. Roger Gagnon","pivot":{"mediable_id":"146609bd-e0c6-4714-bc6d-867196ae474e","media_id":"279138bc-dc28-45f5-991d-ae7f0d6f3765","mediable_type":"App\\Models\\Article","tag":"gallery","order":2},"translations":[{"id":"eeae0956-10ff-437d-85d3-cc3e51b2966e","media_id":"279138bc-dc28-45f5-991d-ae7f0d6f3765","title":"Roger Gagnon receiving the Ambassador of Peace Medal from the president of South Korea during a revisit to Korea, September 1986.","alt":"Roger Gagnon receiving the Ambassador of Peace Medal from the president of South Korea during a revisit to Korea, September 1986.","caption":null,"creator":null,"source":"Courtesy of J.L. Roger Gagnon","locale":"en","credit":"Courtesy of J.L. Roger Gagnon"},{"id":"96e9f6a2-07ab-4c16-9f33-d41e5ff7f17f","media_id":"279138bc-dc28-45f5-991d-ae7f0d6f3765","title":"Remise de la m\u00e9daille de Gardien de la Paix \u00e0 Roger Gagnon par le Pr\u00e9sident du Cor\u00e9e du Sud lors d'un voyage \u00e0 Seoul pour revoir la Cor\u00e9e, septembre 1986.","alt":"Remise de la m\u00e9daille de Gardien de la Paix \u00e0 Roger Gagnon par le Pr\u00e9sident du Cor\u00e9e du Sud lors d'un voyage \u00e0 Seoul pour revoir la Cor\u00e9e, septembre 1986.","caption":null,"creator":null,"source":"Avec la permission de J.L. Roger Gagnon","locale":"fr","credit":"Avec la permission de J.L. Roger Gagnon"}]} "Roger Gagnon receiving the Ambassador of Peace Medal from the president of South Korea during a revisit to Korea, September 1986.")
Roger Gagnon receiving the Ambassador of Peace Medal from the president of South Korea during a revisit to Korea, September 1986.
Courtesy of J.L. Roger Gagnon
![A photograph of Roger Gagnon published in La Presse, spring 1955. While completing his paratrooper training, Mr. Gagnon's parachute only partially opened, and he fell 1000 feet.]({"id":"32491ee0-7ead-43f1-84b4-00c4a6f47774","disk":"s3","directory":"MemoryProject\/J.L.RogerGagnon","filename":"15066_538","extension":"jpg","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","aggregate_type":"image","size":37673,"variant_name":null,"original_media_id":null,"created_at":"2022-06-23T16:54:31.000000Z","updated_at":"2022-06-23T16:54:31.000000Z","title":"A photograph of Roger Gagnon published in La Presse, spring 1955. While completing his paratrooper training, Mr. Gagnon's parachute only partially opened, and he fell 1000 feet.","alt":"A photograph of Roger Gagnon published in La Presse, spring 1955. While completing his paratrooper training, Mr. Gagnon's parachute only partially opened, and he fell 1000 feet.","caption":null,"creator":null,"source":"Courtesy of J.L. Roger Gagnon","conversion_urls":{"original":"https:\/\/d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net\/MemoryProject\/J.L.RogerGagnon\/15066_538.jpg"},"url":"https:\/\/d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net\/MemoryProject\/J.L.RogerGagnon\/15066_538.jpg","credit":"Courtesy of J.L. Roger Gagnon","pivot":{"mediable_id":"146609bd-e0c6-4714-bc6d-867196ae474e","media_id":"32491ee0-7ead-43f1-84b4-00c4a6f47774","mediable_type":"App\\Models\\Article","tag":"gallery","order":3},"translations":[{"id":"c343c314-82cd-4714-9d4e-a84746dd44f2","media_id":"32491ee0-7ead-43f1-84b4-00c4a6f47774","title":"A photograph of Roger Gagnon published in La Presse, spring 1955. While completing his paratrooper training, Mr. Gagnon's parachute only partially opened, and he fell 1000 feet.","alt":"A photograph of Roger Gagnon published in La Presse, spring 1955. While completing his paratrooper training, Mr. Gagnon's parachute only partially opened, and he fell 1000 feet.","caption":null,"creator":null,"source":"Courtesy of J.L. Roger Gagnon","locale":"en","credit":"Courtesy of J.L. Roger Gagnon"},{"id":"9732c301-df11-4150-83a1-3ec49a985dc8","media_id":"32491ee0-7ead-43f1-84b4-00c4a6f47774","title":"Photo de Roger Gagnon \u00e0 23 ans qui \u00e9tait dans la Presse de Montr\u00e9al apr\u00e8s sa chute de 1,000 pieds quand son parachute ne s'ouvrit que partiellement, printemps 1955.","alt":"Photo de Roger Gagnon \u00e0 23 ans qui \u00e9tait dans la Presse de Montr\u00e9al apr\u00e8s sa chute de 1,000 pieds quand son parachute ne s'ouvrit que partiellement, printemps 1955.","caption":null,"creator":null,"source":"Avec la permission de J.L. Roger Gagnon","locale":"fr","credit":"Avec la permission de J.L. Roger Gagnon"}]} "A photograph of Roger Gagnon published in La Presse, spring 1955. While completing his paratrooper training, Mr. Gagnon's parachute only partially opened, and he fell 1000 feet.")
A photograph of Roger Gagnon published in La Presse, spring 1955. While completing his paratrooper training, Mr. Gagnon's parachute only partially opened, and he fell 1000 feet.
Courtesy of J.L. Roger Gagnon
![The ship that transported Royal 22e Regiment soldiers from Seattle, Washington to Japan, July 1951.]({"id":"1f6079d3-077e-49e6-bcce-3a30a7091b5b","disk":"s3","directory":"MemoryProject\/J.L.RogerGagnon","filename":"15067_538","extension":"jpg","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","aggregate_type":"image","size":35011,"variant_name":null,"original_media_id":null,"created_at":"2022-06-23T16:54:31.000000Z","updated_at":"2022-06-23T16:54:31.000000Z","title":"The ship that transported Royal 22e Regiment soldiers from Seattle, Washington to Japan, July 1951.","alt":"The ship that transported Royal 22e Regiment soldiers from Seattle, Washington to Japan, July 1951.","caption":null,"creator":null,"source":"Courtesy of J.L. Roger Gagnon","conversion_urls":{"original":"https:\/\/d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net\/MemoryProject\/J.L.RogerGagnon\/15067_538.jpg"},"url":"https:\/\/d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net\/MemoryProject\/J.L.RogerGagnon\/15067_538.jpg","credit":"Courtesy of J.L. Roger Gagnon","pivot":{"mediable_id":"146609bd-e0c6-4714-bc6d-867196ae474e","media_id":"1f6079d3-077e-49e6-bcce-3a30a7091b5b","mediable_type":"App\\Models\\Article","tag":"gallery","order":4},"translations":[{"id":"83a6078b-09b5-4472-9d3b-b7ac4157585a","media_id":"1f6079d3-077e-49e6-bcce-3a30a7091b5b","title":"The ship that transported Royal 22e Regiment soldiers from Seattle, Washington to Japan, July 1951.","alt":"The ship that transported Royal 22e Regiment soldiers from Seattle, Washington to Japan, July 1951.","caption":null,"creator":null,"source":"Courtesy of J.L. Roger Gagnon","locale":"en","credit":"Courtesy of J.L. Roger Gagnon"},{"id":"1fe940de-c505-44a5-ae62-40a7bc680605","media_id":"1f6079d3-077e-49e6-bcce-3a30a7091b5b","title":"Le bateau de transport de troupes du Royal 22e R\u00e9giment pour aller de Seattle au Japon, juillet 1951.","alt":"Le bateau de transport de troupes du Royal 22e R\u00e9giment pour aller de Seattle au Japon, juillet 1951.","caption":null,"creator":null,"source":"Avec la permission de J.L Roger Gagnon","locale":"fr","credit":"Avec la permission de J.L Roger Gagnon"}]} "The ship that transported Royal 22e Regiment soldiers from Seattle, Washington to Japan, July 1951.")
The ship that transported Royal 22e Regiment soldiers from Seattle, Washington to Japan, July 1951.
Courtesy of J.L. Roger Gagnon
![Roger Gagnon's paratrooper wings, July 1953.]({"id":"2e1f35c5-adcc-4c84-ba46-af01189b0c42","disk":"s3","directory":"MemoryProject\/J.L.RogerGagnon","filename":"15068_538","extension":"jpg","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","aggregate_type":"image","size":27426,"variant_name":null,"original_media_id":null,"created_at":"2022-06-23T16:54:31.000000Z","updated_at":"2022-06-23T16:54:31.000000Z","title":"Roger Gagnon's paratrooper wings, July 1953.","alt":"Roger Gagnon's paratrooper wings, July 1953.","caption":null,"creator":null,"source":"Courtesy of J.L. Roger Gagnon","conversion_urls":{"original":"https:\/\/d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net\/MemoryProject\/J.L.RogerGagnon\/15068_538.jpg"},"url":"https:\/\/d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net\/MemoryProject\/J.L.RogerGagnon\/15068_538.jpg","credit":"Courtesy of J.L. Roger Gagnon","pivot":{"mediable_id":"146609bd-e0c6-4714-bc6d-867196ae474e","media_id":"2e1f35c5-adcc-4c84-ba46-af01189b0c42","mediable_type":"App\\Models\\Article","tag":"gallery","order":5},"translations":[{"id":"9df81629-ae4b-4a66-94db-5b8c864fabf9","media_id":"2e1f35c5-adcc-4c84-ba46-af01189b0c42","title":"Roger Gagnon's paratrooper wings, July 1953.","alt":"Roger Gagnon's paratrooper wings, July 1953.","caption":null,"creator":null,"source":"Courtesy of J.L. Roger Gagnon","locale":"en","credit":"Courtesy of J.L. Roger Gagnon"},{"id":"ad4f8b31-91b4-4f68-8483-7d3d08307b61","media_id":"2e1f35c5-adcc-4c84-ba46-af01189b0c42","title":"Remise des ailes de parachutiste suite \u00e0 un cours de parachutiste que Roger Gagnon a suivi en Manitoba en, juillet 1953.","alt":"Remise des ailes de parachutiste suite \u00e0 un cours de parachutiste que Roger Gagnon a suivi en Manitoba en, juillet 1953.","caption":null,"creator":null,"source":"Avec la permission de J.L Roger Gagnon","locale":"fr","credit":"Avec la permission de J.L Roger Gagnon"}]} "Roger Gagnon's paratrooper wings, July 1953.")
Roger Gagnon's paratrooper wings, July 1953.
Courtesy of J.L. Roger Gagnon
![Roger Gagnon's pay book, 1950 to 1954.]({"id":"87c68573-2058-42ce-a086-172b0bb98840","disk":"s3","directory":"MemoryProject\/J.L.RogerGagnon","filename":"15069_538","extension":"jpg","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","aggregate_type":"image","size":36907,"variant_name":null,"original_media_id":null,"created_at":"2022-06-23T16:54:31.000000Z","updated_at":"2022-06-23T16:54:31.000000Z","title":"Roger Gagnon's pay book, 1950 to 1954.","alt":"Roger Gagnon's pay book, 1950 to 1954.","caption":null,"creator":null,"source":"Courtesy of J.L. Roger Gagnon","conversion_urls":{"original":"https:\/\/d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net\/MemoryProject\/J.L.RogerGagnon\/15069_538.jpg"},"url":"https:\/\/d3d0lqu00lnqvz.cloudfront.net\/MemoryProject\/J.L.RogerGagnon\/15069_538.jpg","credit":"Courtesy of J.L. Roger Gagnon","pivot":{"mediable_id":"146609bd-e0c6-4714-bc6d-867196ae474e","media_id":"87c68573-2058-42ce-a086-172b0bb98840","mediable_type":"App\\Models\\Article","tag":"gallery","order":6},"translations":[{"id":"548a904d-64e3-4f5b-bc3b-3a090fda3388","media_id":"87c68573-2058-42ce-a086-172b0bb98840","title":"Roger Gagnon's pay book, 1950 to 1954.","alt":"Roger Gagnon's pay book, 1950 to 1954.","caption":null,"creator":null,"source":"Courtesy of J.L. Roger Gagnon","locale":"en","credit":"Courtesy of J.L. Roger Gagnon"},{"id":"428d4ca6-29b7-4114-b69d-3cbc9aae8a3f","media_id":"87c68573-2058-42ce-a086-172b0bb98840","title":"Livre de service et de paye de Roger Gagnon, 1950-54.","alt":"Livre de service et de paye de Roger Gagnon, 1950-54.","caption":null,"creator":null,"source":"Avec la permission de J.L Roger Gagnon","locale":"fr","credit":"Avec la permission de J.L Roger Gagnon"}]} "Roger Gagnon's pay book, 1950 to 1954.")
Roger Gagnon's pay book, 1950 to 1954.
Courtesy of J.L. Roger Gagnon
Transcript
The English transcript is not available. Please consult the French transcript.
