McSorley's parents tried to reason with him: He wasn't an American, and it was actually illegal for him to fight in a war that didn't formally involve Canada.īut McSorley was going to Vietnam, with or without their support. military as opposed to the Canadian military," said Davies, who now lives in Kamloops, B.C. "I think he wanted adventure, which he could get out of the U.S. The war in Vietnam was still raging and Canada wasn't officially participating, but McSorley was determined to be at the heart of it. June-Ann Davies says in 1968, her brother was tired of school at Templeton Secondary in East Vancouver, and decided joining the military would cure his boredom. Now, 45 years after his death in the jungles of Vietnam, his sister is finally learning how much he mattered to the American soldiers with whom he served. (L Company Ranger 75th Infantry Archives)Īt only 17 years old, B.C.'s Rob McSorley knew he wanted to go to war, and it didn't matter if it wasn't in a Canadian uniform. Vancouver's Rob McSorley is one of at least 134 Canadians killed in action fighting for U.S.
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