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= Bohdan Panchuk =

Bohdan Panchuk, ukr. Богдан Панчук – He was a Ukrainian Canadian officer and a Ukrainian social activist.

Early life
In his youth, he attended schools in Micham and Saskatoon. During this time, he joined the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Canada and became an active member of the Ukrainian Canadian Youth Union. He taught at Yellowwood Creek from 1935 to 1939. In 1939, he began his studies at the University of Saskatchewan.

1940-1946
After the outbreak of World War II, he joined the Canadian Air Force. He was trained in radio communications. In 1941, he was redirected to the Canadian forces stationed in Europe. Initially in Northern Ireland and later in England. In August 1942, he was assigned to the VPSK intelligence service. In January 1943 he was one of the main organizers of the Union of Ukrainian-Canadian soldiers and its first president. He was elected to the same position in the Ukrainian social club in Menchester. In 1944, he participated in the Normandy landings, after which he participated in battles in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. After the war he supported Ukrainian displaced persons, refugees and UNA military. Rescuing them from deportation to the USSR, where they risked being sent to Siberia. He was one of the founders of Ukraine's central relief office and became its director. Thanks to his intervention, it was possible to establish the Union of Soldiers of Ukraine in the Armed Forces of Poland. In May 1946 he returned to Canada and resigned from military service.