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Armed with Machine-Gun a Canadian Forces soldier stands guard outside HMCSDonnaconna, the naval reserve base in downtown Montreal, as troops moved in (...)
Armed with Machine-Gun a Canadian Forces soldier stands guard outside HMCSDonnaconna, the naval reserve base in downtown Montreal, as troops moved in (...)

Armed with Machine-Gun a Canadian Forces soldier stands guard outside HMCSDonnaconna, the naval reserve base in downtown Montreal, as troops moved in (...)

Date10/23/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Armed with Machine-Gun a Canadian Forces soldier stands guard outside HMCSDonnaconna; the naval reserve base in downtown Montreal; as troops moved in yesterday to ring the entire block and prevent civilians from entering buildings. All armed forces bases were given thorough searches; officials said.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120334F
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