General Jacques Alfred Dextraze, CC, CMM, CBE, DSO, CD, LL.D (August 15, 1919-May 9, 1993) was a Canadian soldier and Chief of the Defence Staff from 1972–1977. Born in Montreal, Québec, the son of Jacques Dextraze and Armanda (Bond) Dextraze, he joined Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal in 1940 as a Private, and was soon commissioned to Lieutenant. He studied at Le Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean Royal Military College of Canada. In 1942, he married Frances Helena Pare. Wikipedia
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In July 1960, a newly independent Congo erupted in violence and quickly collapsed into anarchy. The UN sent 1894 men, its largest deployment ever to the region. Brigadier-General Jacques Dextraze arrived in 1963 as second-in-command of the mission. Kno www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do?id=14745