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    Bad Weather, Tough Resistance: Army, Part 84

    October 10, 2009 by Terry Copp
    Canadian and Greek soldiers enter Rimini, Italy, Sept. 21, 1944. PHOTO: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA173426 The battle for the town of Rimini and the San Fortunato Ridge, the last mountain barrier before the plains of northern Italy, ended on Sept. 21, 1944. With Canadian infantry...
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    Into Ortona Then And Now

    March 2, 2009 by Dan Black
    More than 1,200 students march from the Moro River Canadian War Cemetery to Ortona with their Hands Across The Generations Flag. PHOTO: DAN BLACK Early morning, Nov. 25, 2008: One by one the large tour buses stop in the tight laneway running parallel to the...