Anniversary..66th..

John McGillivray · #1 26-10-10, 01:20

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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.

Jon Skagfeld · #2 26-10-10, 02:38

Yeah, and it's Blackburn and his bunch of snivelling bureaucrats who consistently deny the proper due benefits accruing to these, and many other, veterans.

Platitudes from sycophants. A pox on them!

Rant ends here, but is forever in my mind.

John McGillivray · #3 26-10-10, 02:53

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Originally Posted by John McGillivray

Mark, I believe that it was last year or the year before.....

It may go back to 2004.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/photogallerie.../pages/02.html