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- ↑ Armstrong-Reid, Susan & Murray, David Armies of Peace: Canada and the UNRRA Years (Buffalo, New York: University of Toronto Press, 2008)
- ↑ "Presidents exhibition RCN".
- ↑ Northwest NHF website (PDF document)