Field Coverage

Visit to Units of the UN Emergency Force (UNEF) in Egypt

1 December 1956

This picture is part of a series taken early this month, during visits by correspondents to units of the UN Emergency Force (UNEF).
A Canadian contingent arriving at Abu Suweir, transit camp near Ismailia, after a flight from Capodichino Airport, near Naples, Italy. The men wear helmets painted UN blue to identify them as members of the Emergency Force. The plane is one of the C-119 ""flying boxcars"" provided by Canada to fly air transport support for the UN Force. December 1956.

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