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Bulger, Victor. 1998. Correspondence with author. September 22.
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Currie-Smith, Gordon. 1998. Interview by author. Vancouver, B.C. October 15.
de Faye, Thomas. 1998. Interview by author. Victoria, B.C. November 3.
Dell’Osa, Fabio. Interview by author. Ortona, Italy. December 9.
Di Cesare, Antonio. 1998. Interview by author. Ortona, Italy. December 9.
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GENERAL INDEX
Ranks given for individuals are highest attained as of Dec. 31, 1943.
Abruzzo province, 43, 51, 373
Adriatic coast, 36, 166, 241
Canadian move to, 9, 21
Adriatic Sea, 121, 150, 157, 179, 188, 304, 360, 363, 377
effect on weather, 374, 381
Agnone, 28
Alexander, Field Marshal Harold, 15
Allan, Lt. E.D., 342, 351
Allard, Lt. Col. Jean V., 204, 208, 219–20, 355
Allfrey, Lt. Gen. Charles, 15–16, 30, 32
Amy, Maj. Ned, 137–41
Anderson, Dr., 307–8
Anderson, Rod, 181–82
Andrew, Capt. D.H., 358
Andros, Cpl. Ralph, 80
Angelone, Pascuale, 45
Annechini, Nicolo, 111
antitank guns, use of in Ortona, 278–80
Anzio, 366
Apennine Mountains, 4, 9, 15–16, 20, 166, 377
Archibald, Lt. G.F., 225
Arielli River, 31, 155, 166, 223, 238, 269, 352, 369, 373
Armstrong, Lt. Tim, 342
Arnoldi, Capt. Andre, 211
Arrell, Lt. Ken, 338
atabrine, 56
Avezzano, 15, 31, 36, 42
Baade, Generalleutnant Ernst-Günther, 212, 270
Badoglio, Marshal Pietro, 41–42, 44
aionetta, 42
Baldwin, Lt. J.W., 73–74
Barss, Cpl. Gordon James, 142
Bates, Sgt., 69
battle exhaustion, 53–54
proportion of casualties, 365
Battle of the Atlantic, 13
Bayerlein, Obergefreiter Carl, 200, 239–40, 267–68, 343, 366
appraisal of Canadian strength, 338
and boobytraps, 258–59
Christmas Day of, 326
and Dead Horse Square bomb, 310–11
response to Hitler’s orders, 334
service up to Ortona, 161–62,
withdrawal from Ortona, 348
Beal, Capt. George, 325–26
Beaton, Pte. F.B., 170
Bennett, Lt. Bill, 298
Bernatchez, Lt. Col. Paul, 203–4, 211, 220
Bernhard/Gustav Line, 10. See also Winter Line
Bindman, Lt. Dave, 132, 144
Black, Lt. D.A.S., 358