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Spare a moment this week for the D-Day Dodgers, Canada’s forgotten soldiers

There is no commemorative coin for the Italian campaign, no CBC specials, no documentaries. Aside from a Facebook page and some blogs, the Italian campaign is a forgotten chapter in our history.

Former Canadian Forces Captain Philip M. Caddell stands in Moro River Cemetery, in Italy, in March, 1996. Capt. Caddell was part of the group of Canadian troops who helped liberate Italy during the Second World War. Photograph courtesy of Andrew Caddell

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BY ANDREW CADDELL

June 5, 2019

OTTAWA—Seventy-five years ago this week, my father, Captain Philip Caddell, of the 57th Battery, First Canadian anti-tank regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, First Canadian Division, was sitting in a jeep by the road about 20 kilometres outside of Rome. He and 90,000 Canadian comrades ...

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