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Alfreda
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posted 06 September 2021 19:11

I am looking for any information on the 1st Canadian Infantry in Italy during WW2.
My father was a member of the Hasty P's and landed in Sicily.
The Germans used to call them the Red Patch Devils, presumably because they were unstopable.
I feel they were the forgotten ones, as well as the forgotten front as much has been written about D-Day and Normandy.
Dad was at Ortona as well as Montecassino.
If anyone knows where I can find information, please post.

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Michael Dorosh
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posted 06 September 2021 20:36

Farley Mowat was in the Hasty P's and wrote several books on his time in Italy, including the regimental history called THE REGIMENT.

There is also a book about the regimental sergeant major, Angus Duffy, though for the life of me I can't remember the title. It was very good as well.

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Brad Sallows
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posted 07 September 2021 13:58

Mark Zuehlke wrote a book on Ortona.

Here is a review:

http://www.journal.dnd.ca/vol1/no1_e/bookrev_e/book5_e.htm

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