Between the years 1958 and 1975. an estimated 40.000 Canadians joined the American Armed Forces. and many of them served in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam war. Many of the Canadians who served with U.S. troops in Vietnam had no obligation to do so. These veterans joined the U.S. forces because they believed. as good neighbors. it was the right thing to do. They were soldiers like Fidele J. Bastarache of Gardner. MA. who immigrated with his family from New Brunswick. He was an infantry sergeant. decorated four times for heroism. before he was killed in a mortar attack in 1968 at the age of 22. Like many of his comrades. he gave his life protecting the freedom of others.
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