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Down on your knees

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Down on your knees

Date9/27/1981

Names

Canada. Canadian Army (subject)

Cooper, David (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Down on your knees: It looked like real warfare on Toronto Islands as local militiamen pretended they were commandos engaging an enemy in guerrilla warfare. For this captured prisoner; it may have been a little too real.

Subject

Drills and tactics

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0002222F

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