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17
. Antonio D'Intino, interview by author, Ortona, 9 Dec. 1998.

18
. Antonio Di Cesare, interview by author, Ortona, 9 Dec. 1998.

19
. Royal 22e Regiment War Diary, Dec. 1943, 13, National Archives of Canada.

20
. Tooley,
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21
. Carleton and York Regiment War Diary, n.p.

22
. Lex Schragg,
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23
. Don Smith, correspondence with author, 12 Dec. 1998.

24
. Ibid.

25
. Jock Gibson, interview by author, Vancouver, B.C., 23 Nov. 1998.

1
. Don Smith, correspondence with author, 12 Dec. 1998.

2
. Wilf Gildersleeve, interview by author, West Vancouver, B.C., 14 Oct. 1998.

3
. Matthew Halton, CBC Radio broadcast, 11 Jan. 1944, CBC Radio Archives.

4
. Loyal Edmonton Regiment War Diary, Dec. 1943, 38-N-11, National Archives of Canada.

5
. Major General Chris Vokes, “Fighting State — 1 CDN DIV as of 2 Jan 44, Appendix A,” University of Victoria Special Collections, 1.

6
. Ibid.

7
. Ibid., 1–2.

8
. Ibid., 2.

9
. Terry Copp,
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(Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1990), 57.

10
. Major General Chris Vokes, “Crossing of the Moro and Capture of Ortona,” Directorate of History, Department of National Defence, 14 March 1944, 6.

11
. Captain A.G. Steiger, “Report #18 Historical Section Army Headquarters: The Campaign in Southern Italy (Sept.–Dec. 1943), Information from German Military Documents regarding Allied operations in general and Canadian operations in particular,” Directorate of History, Department of National Defence, n.d., 69.

12
. Ibid.

13
. Don Smith, correspondence.

14
. Ibid.

1. G.W.L. Nicholson,
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