Congo Veteran

The Congo Crisis was a period of political upheaval and conflict in the Republic of the Congo between 1960 and 1965.

The United Nations Operation in Congo, ONUC, was a United Nations peacekeeping force deployed in the Republic of the Congo in 1960 in response to the Congo Crisis. ONUC was the UN's first peacekeeping mission with significant military capabilities, and remains one of the largest UN operations in both scale and operational scope.

Today peacekeeping mission are made such as the UN led MONUSCO with contributors from many countries.

We honor the men and women who bravely served for peace and security.

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Mission highlight - ONUC

Congo 1960–64

goran-helmerssion-congo-veteran

”I clearly remember the first time we were in battle. When you were exposed to a firefight, you were in the situation very focused on the task you had in front of you. It was in the evening when you came back to the camp the emotional reaction came. The situation for a peacefighting soldier in Congo in the 60s was extreme: close firefights, dealing with large refugee camps with starving locals, the difficulty of not knowing who was the enemy or friend...”

Göran Helmersson, 87 years old

Served in the Swedish Armed Forces for UN
in Congo 1960-62, Cyprus 1967, Biafra 1972