This second volume of Cannon in Canada is an informative and detailed synopsis of the carefully preserved and restored guns and artillery on display in the province of Prince Edward Island. The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery is represented by a long and distinguished line of gunners with historical ties back to the days before Canada’s Confederation. The honour of defending Canada while standing ready to support operations overseas in peace and war continues to this day. It is necessary to remember that the weapons of war are an integral part of what keeps this nation safe. The descriptions of artillery found here, and the places of honour where they can be viewed on Prince Edward Island highlights the importance of this essential military hardware that brought our nation forward at key turning points in history when our guns were in use as tools of war at home and overseas.
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Major (Ret’d) Harold (Hal) Aage Skaarup, BFA, MA, CD, served as a Canadian Army Intelligence Officer from Feb 1971 to Aug 2011. He was a member of the Canadian Forces Parachute Team (1977- 1980) and served with the Canadian Airborne Regiment (1986-1989). He was deployed overseas Cyprus with the UN (1986), to Bosnia-Herzegovina with SFOR (1997), and in Germany with HQ CFE (1981-1983) and 4 CMBG (1989-1992). He instructed at the Intelligence School in Ontario and served with NORAD in Colorado (1999-2003). He served with the Kabul Multinational Brigade (KMNB), Kabul, Afghanistan. From 2006 to 2011 he was posted to 3 Area Support Group at 5 CDSB Gagetown, until his retirement in 2011. From 2015 to 2018, he was the Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel for 3 Intelligence Company, Halifax. Hal and his wife Faye have two sons and five grandchildren. They reside in Fredericton, New Brunswick, where he is a volunteer with two museums.