Italy (2000 to 2006) – Pilgrimages to Italy of Canadian WW II Vets (Pachino – Ispica – Agira -Casino – Ortona -Cessena -Rimini)

Pachino (Southern Sicily) where on 10 July 1943, the 1st Canadian Infantry Division and the 1st Canadian Army Tank Brigade (totaling about 18,000 men) landed in Sicily as part of Operation Husky, the massive Allied invasion of the island

Ispica (Southern Sicily)

Agira (Central Sicily)

Monte Casino (Lazio)

The Polish Cemetery at Casino

(On May 18, 1944, the Polish Second Corps successfully took the strategic mountain position of Monte Cassino after previous American, British, and Commonwealth offensives had stalled or failed)

Ortona (Abruzzo)

Cesena (Emilia-Romagna)

Rimini (Emilia-Romagna)