Passchendaele to screen for Canadian troops in Afghanistan

By 2008-09-30T17:32:00

A group of Canadian soldiers participated in the film as background figures and choreographed battle sequences and slept rough on the location. They named their encampment Camp Hornber in honour of Corporal Nathan Hornberg, who was killed while serving in Afghanistan.

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