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FocusDANCON: ABrief HistoryAs with the deployments of other contingents, an advance party of 87 Danish officers and men was the first to arrive in Nicosia,airlifted from Copenhagen by transport planes of the United States Air Force on 14 May 1964. The deployment of all 995Danish soldiers was completed by 10 June 1964, together with the first contingent of 41 Danish Civilian Police. This first militarycontribution from Denmark was not a battalion, but rather consisted of companies from various regiments, including one platoon ofscout cars, one platoon of engineers, and one platoon from the Danish military police. A large number of Danish peacekeepers inthese early years had already served under the UN flag in Congo or Gaza.Initially, the Danes were deployed in the Nicosia zone, taking over positions from 26 Medium Reg RA of the British Contingent on 27May 1964 and establishing their HQ in the Ledra Place Hotel. DANCON base camp was in Elizabeth Camp, west of Nicosia, withsmaller parts of the Contingent spread from Louroudjina to Ayia Irini in the far west.British artist Ken Howard captured some typical UNFICYPmoments during his trip to the island in 1983.DANCON FACTSSINCE 1964TOTAL MILITARY: 22,623TOTAL POLICE: 424DEPLOYMENT: 14 May 1964LOCATIONS: Nicosia, Ayia Irini, LouroudjinaCASUALTIES: 2510Mine-blowing in DANCON, photo featured on the front cover ofthe Blue Beret, February 1987.BLUE BERETMarch/April 2014A member of DANCON in a Ferret Scout approaches anobservation post near Skouriotissa, 17 November 1990.
UNFICYP 50This extract from the BlueBeret, 11 August 1964, providesan insight into life for the DanishContingent in Cyprus in that period.A Danish pilot flies a UNFICYP Gazelle helicopter, 17 November 1990.Danish peacekeepers restock. A daily supply of water and food for OP Loutros is loaded on adonkey at Loutros village, Lefka District, 1973.Members of the Danish Civilian Police patrolling a street in Ayios Theodhoros, Larnaca District.They are l. to r. : Jorgen Axelsen, Bent Reinhold Olsen, and Christian Jensen,1 May 1973.BLUE BERET 11March/April 2014
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