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Why a Canadian Army building is named after Lt. Mitchell Sterlin

August 17, 2020 5 Comments

Some think the young Jewish officer should have won the Victoria Cross Seventy-seven years ago this week, a McGill University…

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Filed under: cider crossroads, Jason Guiney, Mitchell sterlin, operation husky, Ortona, Royal Canadian Regiment, Sterlin Castle

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

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