Physical Location: Due to technical issues with the audio recording equipment at the podium, there is visual only for the presentation (0:06 - 52:53). Audio resumes during the Q&A portion with the panel members (52:53 - 1:27:57).

Creation: 03 March 2023

General Note: Session 2B
“Captain Canada’s” ICCS Challenge:
Overcoming Obstructions to Peace in A War Zone
Commentator/Moderator: Rebecca McGee, Ph.D. Student, Texas Tech University
Sense of Humour and Teamwork Required: Canadian ICCS Experiences While
Monitoring War In The Company of “HIP’ Colleagues
James Baldwin, Oral History Project/Researcher, The Military Museums
(Calgary), Alberta Canada
“Captain Canada’s” Personal Experiences in POW (including John McCain) Release
Exchanges of Vietnamese and Americans
James Baldwin, Oral History Project/Researcher, The Military Museums
(Calgary), Alberta Canada (Sources: ICCS Captain Norman Altenhof = “Captain
Canada”)
“Boots On The Ground Perspectives”: Canadian ICCS Veteran Experiences
Presentation and ICCS Veteran Panel Questions
Captain Tony Burton, ICCS Canadian Veteran (Retired)
Lt. Colonel Fletcher Thomson, ICCS Canadian Veteran -Captain In 1973 (Retired)
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Colonel Charles Simonds, ICCS Canadian Veteran, (Retired)
Location: University Room

Perma Link: https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999VI4121

Citation: 1973: The Paris Peace Accords and the Allied Withdrawal from South Vietnam - 2023 Conference, Institute for Peace and Conflict / Vietnam Center and Archive - Session 2B: "Captain Canada's" ICCS Challenge: Overcoming Obstructions to Peace in A War Zone, 999VI4121. No Date, , Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999VI4121, Accessed 11 Dec 2025.

Pub Credit Line: 999VI4121, , Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive