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In the early 1960s, news re- ports of atrocities being com- mitted in the Congo reached fe oie ena eee sae ae fit the ns Ate "Tt was a beautiful Kiser hes wide avenues, a | sity, lovely stores. A lot of aoe er See | stores were closed," Brennen |. recalls. “The shops were fre- herded into the back of the fuanted by Th atid'the truck. We were fe at. re thy Congo = unceremoniously off the back | Eve, Cana- | of the truck and beaten with ri- dian soldiers were given a gift b Qe ae Pose | of music by the Congolese Sal- ae eee build. ation y | and questioned (in French) "They came b | i 2 one ieee at a vig g our involvement with the sphere and a strange land, it gras 4 dealer was. At soos Ut was a touch of home. All we Ts sions of never seeing our fami- ways a ration for H oy en you are 22 (the ‘Salvation Army) ever pedafe ye i | the back of a truck uf Congo! In February, 1964 when A Be. of lese soldiers, you think the to go home, — ee 53 worse." the temperature was Throughout the interroga- 120 Fat the airport. "When we | tion, Brennen thought con- arrived in Trenton it was free- Inlet stantly i wife and their xing fe weg Bee abe IOUS LEAN Con newborn wasn't upper- ac "It was a harrowing most in Brennen’s mind, how- pee S94, Scie Pie wo ct Dabo Fall right," Brennen we grew up in, to see soldiers acting in a police role rather Regie Ui Gs times. . Maybe it MOne day, on on their way down- town, Brennen and a friend saw a crowd gathering near a tree. Curious, they went for a closer look. "It was strange to see a Photo courtesy of Hugh Brenne United Nations medal in Feb. ’64 in, Officer Commanding the 57 Canadian 5 ignalU Unt int front ‘of their offices. Brenan 0 cove ee