Joseph Charette
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A Canadian medical assistant serving with the Canadian Airborne Regiment , Joseph Jacques Mario Charette was awarded a Medal of Bravery
after disarming a Somali
mob approached the Belet-Wen Hospital on February 17, 1993.
Medal of Bravery
The Medal of Bravery is a decoration that is, within the Canadian system of honours, the third highest award for bravery, and one of the three Canadian Bravery Decorations gifted by the Canadian monarch, generally through his or her viceroy-in-Council...
after disarming a Somali
Somali people
Somalis are an ethnic group located in the Horn of Africa, also known as the Somali Peninsula. The overwhelming majority of Somalis speak the Somali language, which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family...
mob approached the Belet-Wen Hospital on February 17, 1993.