Canada, Commonwealth. A Second War, Korean War And Congo Crisis Veteran's Group

1939-1945 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas Clasp; War Medal 1939-1945; United Nations Service Medal for Korea (ZG 853 F.A. MANNING); United Nations Operation in the Congo "Organization des Nations Unies au Congo" Medal (ONUC) (1960-1964), 1 Clasp - CONGO; and Canadian Forces' Decoration with two Ten Years' Additional Service Clasps, George VI (CAPT F.A. MANNING). Naming is mechanically engraved on the UNSMK, engraved on the reverse of the suspension on the CFD, the other six awards are un-named as issued. Mounted to a suspension with swing bar pinback, as worn by the veteran, surface wear on the reverse of the ONUC, very light contact, original ribbons, better than very fine. Accompanied by copies of his Service Records.

Footnote: Floyd Austin Manning enlisted as a Private (G-44889) with the Canadian Active Service Force, joining the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps at Saint John, New Brunswick, on September 8, 1939. He was named Acting Sergeant on June 15, 1940, was confirmed in the rank of September 15th and promoted to Staff Sergeant on September 1, 1941. He was transferred to Brockville, Ontario on December 2, 1941, where he was promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant on March 7, 1942, followed by a posting one week later to Camp Borden, on March 14, 1942. Manning moved up in the ranks quickly, as he qualified and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on May 23, 1942. Lieutenant Manning embarked Canada for service in the European theatre on June 15, 1942, disembarking in the United Kingdom on June 25th. After two years training and orientation in the United Kingdom, he embarked for the European theatre on July 6, 1944, one month to the day after the D-Day invasion, arriving in France on the 8th. He would serve in Western Europe for the next fourteen months before returning to the United Kingdom on September 1, 1945, at which point he was named Acting Captain. Upon his return to Canada, he was taken on strength of District Depot No. 7 in Fredericton, New Brunswick, then posted to Camp Sussex on November 19, 1945. For his Second World War service, he was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, the France and Germany Star, the Defence Medal, the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas Clasp and the War Medal 1939-1945. He was transferred to No. 6 District Depot in Halifax, Nova Scotia on February 4, 1946 and accepted in the rank of Captain (ZC 853) as part of the Interim Force on March 2nd. Upon re-enlisting with the Canadian Army, Manning assumed the rank of Lieutenant with 6 Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps at Halifax, on October 1, 1946. Eighteen months later, he was promoted to the rank of Captain on March 30, 1948 and later qualified as a Driver (Wheeled) on May 9, 1950. He was transferred to 14 Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps at Wainwright, Alberta, on May 22, 1951. Captain Manning would see his second overseas service, as he was posted to the Canadian Army in the Far East, embarking Canada for service in the Korean War on January 26, 1953, disembarking in Japan on the 28th. It was here that he would serve with 57 General Transport Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps for the next nine months, before being struck off strength to Canada and embarking Japan on November 2, 1953, arriving in Canada on the 3rd. For his Korean War service, he was awarded the Korea Medal and the United Nations Service Medal for Korea, the latter of which was delivered to him on November 7, 1957. He is credited with having served at Fort Frontenac in Kingston, Ontario from January 8 to July 1, 1954, then was transferred to Headquarters, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He would return to New Brunswick, as he was transferred to 7 Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps in Fredericton on October 2, 1956. Two years later, Manning was posted to 6 Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps in Halifax and was promoted to the rank of Acting Major on September 15, 1958. Major Manning was transferred to 3 Transport Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps at Gagetown, New Brunswick, where he was appointed its Commanding Officer on the 15th. He had previously had been awarded the Canadian Forces' Decoration while he was a Captain, which was followed by him being awarded his first Ten Years' Additional service clasp on November 13, 1961. He would later be awarded a second Ten Years' Additional Service clasp. The following Summer of 1962, he was posted to Target Area Headquarters (TAHQ) at Saint John, New Brunswick on June 22nd. It would prove to be a brief stay of forty-four days, before he would be called for his third overseas service. He was struck off strength of Target Area Headquarters (TAHQ) at Saint John and was taken on strength of 57 Canadian Signals Unit for service in the Congo, on August 5, 1962.

Major Manning embarked Canada on August 7th, disembarking in Léopoldville, Congo on August 10th. The Congo Crisis was a period of political upheaval and conflict in the Republic of the Congo (today the Democratic Republic of the Congo) between 1960 and 1965. The crisis began almost immediately after the Congo became independent from Belgium and ended, unofficially, with the entire country under the rule of Joseph-Désiré Mobutu. Constituting a series of civil wars, the Congo Crisis was also a proxy conflict in the Cold War, in which the Soviet Union and the United States supported opposing factions. Around 100,000 people are believed to have been killed during the crisis. A nationalist movement in the Belgian Congo demanded the end of colonial rule: this led to the country's independence on June 30, 1960. Minimal preparations had been made and many issues, such as federalism, tribalism, and ethnic nationalism, remained unresolved. In the first week of July, a mutiny broke out in the army and violence erupted between black and white civilians. Belgium sent troops to protect fleeing whites. Katanga and South Kasai seceded with Belgian support. Amid continuing unrest and violence, the United Nations deployed peacekeepers, but United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld refused to use these troops to help the central government in Léopoldville fight the secessionists. Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, the charismatic leader of the largest nationalist faction, reacted by calling for assistance from the Soviet Union, which promptly sent military advisers and other support. The involvement of the Soviets split the Congolese government and led to an impasse between Lumumba and President Joseph Kasa-Vubu. Mobutu, in command of the army, broke this deadlock with a coup d'état, expelled the Soviet advisors and established a new government effectively under his own control. Lumumba was taken captive and subsequently executed in 1961. A rival government of the "Free Republic of the Congo" was founded in the eastern city of Stanleyville by Lumumba supporters led by Antoine Gizenga. It gained Soviet support but was crushed in early 1962. Meanwhile, the United Nations took a more aggressive stance towards the secessionists after Hammarskjöld was killed in a plane crash in late 1961. Supported by United Nations troops, Léopoldville defeated secessionist movements in Katanga and South Kasai by the start of 1963. Major Manning would serve for seven months with 57 Canadian Signals Unit, as part of these United Nations forces in the Congo and for his service, was awarded the United Nations Operation in the Congo Medal (ONUC) with Congo Clasp on November 2, 1962. He embarked Léopoldville on March 27, 1963, arriving in Canada on the 29th. Upon arrival in Canada, he was posted to Headquarters in Halifax, where he would rejoin 6 Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps. He would later take a Fundamentals in First Aid course in April 1965. Major Floyd Austin Manning, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps was released from active service on December 10, 1967.