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CANADA'S DIEPPE COMMEMORATIVE CONTROVERSY
In the no-good-deed-goes-unpunished department, the Royal Canadian Mint is dealing with the wrath of veterans who objected to the description of a commemorated WWII event.
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The first coin to commemorate the 75th anniversary, released in May, labeled the raid as a “battle.” As a result, veterans urged the mint to take the coin back and correct it, no matter the cost. The original coin was produced as part of the mint's “Second World War Battlefront Series.” On Aug. 19, 1942, Canada suffered heavy losses in the raid at Dieppe, France, which was carried out in an effort to breach enemy defences. Members of the Dieppe Military Veterans' Association, based in Dieppe, N.B., objected to the labelling of Dieppe as a “battle” instead of a “raid,” telling Global News it had never been known as a battle. Now, two months later, even after the mint originally defended the coin, saying the word “battle” was appropriate, Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe MP Ginette Petitpas Taylor says a new silver coin will be released on a date in 2018 to be announced later. A release by Petitpas Taylor, said she had reached out to the mint to support a request for a new commemorative coin.
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So what's the difference between a battle and a raid? Here's an excerpt from a June 7, 2017 article.
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But the mint defended its coin, saying the word “battle” was appropriate. Military historian David O'Keefe doesn't feel the same way. “Battles take place over days, weeks, months, whereas a raid like Dieppe was, happens in a matter of hours,” he told Global News. “In and out. And in this case, it was incredibly costly.” The mint has said that changing the name of the coin would be impossible because thousands have already been sold. But that's of little concern for veterans who say that would just be the cost of being respectful and making sure it's right.
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