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After some digging around, the only VC that was sold recently for that amount was Captain Alfred Shout's medal for a sum of 406,716 BPS on Jul 26th, 2006.  Warrant Officer Tulbahadur Pun's medal is listed residing at The Gurkha Museum, Winchester, UK

Geo, you could be correct, however the ensuing paragraph that indicates that the medal had been "kept" at the museum is also leading one believe they are speaking of the same medal and that said medal is no longer in the museum's hands either. That said, I will do some research to clarify this. ...

One of the mods was kind enough to post a very good resource list at: http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/42325.0.html

Oh it gets better, the UK government took his medal and gave him 500 pounds for it back in 1974.  Then sold it last year for half a million pounds. ...

Ottawa's City Hall is all dressed up (you'd think there was something about a team being in the finals or something....) And the long line ups for tickets.... (Just kidding, it was the start to the 10k race the other day)

Ok, slightly amusing story about underwear from a Wren who had served during WWII, at her VAC hearing in 2002. This particular lady had suffered a hernia during her service time in 1942 and just prior to her release in 1946, was attended to by the med staff and had it repaired, it had come back...

Any of the Wren ranks...they are all gone now. 

Shhhh padre...you weren't supposed to notice (or tell)...be wery wery quiet, we're hunting HOMs....

Mich: While you're researching....include the strategies for prevention of human trafficking.  One such intervention that comes to mind was the boat of passengers that had been left stranded near Sable Island.  Another purpose would be to enforce the Canada Shipping Act. 

Another example is Swissair Flight 111, search and then recovery: http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/newsroom/view_news_e.asp?id=614

Mike: At least you have another in your grad class...this young girl was all alone: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2006/06/23/nf-lone-graduate-20060623.html

This subject/argument has been going around the Universities for a number of years now.  U of T presented their views on it in 2004. http://www.utoronto.ca/news/2005/06/research_funding_from_military.html, RMC's report from 2005: http://www.rmc.ca/academic/grad/comreptiii05/index_e.html, U of...

I think Dr Franklin Pinch summed up quite nicely the need of the CF to continue to have room to be flexible: Human resources specialists may disagree about whether the nature of military work calls for long-term commitment. But since the Cold War, the needs of the armed forces have fluctuated...

For I hold as a simple faith there's no denying: The trade of a soldier's the only trade worth plying; The death of a soldier's the only death worth dying. We will Remember The Song of the Soldier-born by Robert Service , 1916

G2G, don't forget to boil yourself as well.  I'm feeling pretty unclean after watching the Dion cover...I may need to have my ears flushed as well...

Here's a tentative schedule for ship's port calls.  Looks like a fairly busy summer for our CPFs and MCDVs. http://www.seawaves.com/navcall.htm

I think you should all come up here and help me get rid of the vino collapso and beer that the movers won't move (they will only move 144 empty bottles) and help me empty out the freezer of deer and moose meat and arctic char that the movers will also not move and use up the propane that they...

I'm turning in my head banger membership...

He already has a thread here: http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/55105/post-570131.html#msg570131

A school bus carrying the children of CF members serving in Europe has been in an accident.  16 of the children required a trip to the hospital for cuts and bruises with one child remaining in hospital.  My thoughts and prayers for the families and a speedy recovery for the all the kids. ...