It was in December 1943. The face to face, house to house
fighting was particularly savage. On 28 December, after 8 days of fighting, the
depleted German troops finally withdrew from the town The Canadians suffered
more than 1300 casualties, many of them buried in the Canadian Cemetery of
Ortona.
We then went to our "Home-hosted" lunch. Local
people of the town invite small groups of us to their homes and serve us lunch
and let us ask questions about life in Italy and they ask us questions about
our home. Delicious Food !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(to be continued)
