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Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. pp. xx, 457. Heavy quarto. Bound in full tan buckram over boards with gilt rules and lettering to the spine, and front board. Prominently bearing the crest of the organization to both spine, and at head of front board. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white, and colour photographs, portraits, illustrations, maps, facsimiles, charts, tables, etc. Exceptionally well-preserved remaining bright, clean, and unmarked. Appears unread; as new. Text chiefly in Ukrainian. Rare. See OCLC #794457823 which records only one institutional holding at the University of Manitoba Archives. Not found in Fisher, Peel, or BAC/LAC. An exhaustive commemorative volume serving as the official institutional history and archival record of the Winnipeg branch of the Brotherhood of Veterans of the 1st Ukrainian Division of the Ukrainian National Army. Published to coincide with the chapter's 45th anniversary (1951-1996), the text chronicles the post-World War II resettlement of these Ukrainian veterans in Manitoba and their subsequent organizational, cultural, and community activities. Structured and divided into four primary sections. Section I comprises introductory notes, national symbols, and the foundational oath of the division's soldiers. Section II comprises the bulk of the historical record, presenting a year-by-year chronology of the Winnipeg branch; meeting minutes, cultural milestones such as choir performances, major organizational anniversaries, and external political relations - most notably detailing the organization's public defence during the Deschênes Commission (Commission of Inquiry on War Criminals in Canada) from 1985 to 1987. Section III provides for an administrative and financial archive spanning 45 years, detailing membership rosters, lists of executive board presidents, income, and expenditures, etc. Section IV acts concludes with a memorial and appendix, compiling obituaries of deceased members alongside historical press clippings and registers of financial donations.…