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Canadian veterans return to Italy for 70th anniversary of Second World War campaign

November 23, 2014 Leave a comment

My story from 1994 about the 50th anniversary veterans’ trip to Italy, Montreal Gazette. News that Canada’s Department of Veterans…

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Filed under: 70th anniversary, anzio, canadian forces, Cassino, d-day, First Special service force, Italy, liberation of Italy, moro river, Ortona, Rome, second world war, Veterans affairs canada, ww2

50 Canadians went and said Kaddish for Bomb. George Meltz of Toronto, 25, at his grave in Normandy

June 8, 2014 Leave a comment

Three years ago, my family walked by the tombstone of Jewish Canadian serviceman George Meltz, of Toronto, standing out among…

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Filed under: beny sur mer, canadian forces, d-day, george meltz, jew, juno beach, kaddish, kaddish for dday, loreen harper, stephen harper, ted barris

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