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Originally Posted by Mark W. Tonner
. . . did I miss something? . . . The Italian Campaign for Canada, began with the invasion of Sicily in July 1943 (67 years ago) . . . even the invasion of the Italian mainland (September 1943) was 67 years ago . . . sad state of affairs when even the Minister of Veterans Affairs Canada doesn’t know anything about Canadian Military history . . .  and for the . . .  |
Mark, I believe that it was last year or the year before that the government had picked this day in October to honour the troops who served in the Italian campaign. It was around this date that Pte E.A. Smith earned his VC.
