Company &quot;B&quot; of the Seaforth Highlanders moving along a mined coastal path December 21st, 1943; Ortona can be seen in the distance.

Ortona

Troops of the Cape Breton Highlanders moving along a road near the Melfa river, May 24th, 1944. A dead German soldier lies by the roadside

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Amazing Rescue, Ortona, Italy, 30 December 1943.

Soldiers of The Loyal Edmonton Regiment rescue Lance Corporal Roy Boyd. The rubble created from a bomb blast pinned Boyd for three and a half days. Remarkably, he survived his ordeal, but others were not so lucky. In fact, the explosion that buried Boyd killed the rest of the platoon.