Paying respects at the Operation Husky monument in Pachino, Sicily as part of The Walk For Remembrance and Peace.

A lot of Canadian blood was spilled in beautiful Sicilian fields like this one. It’s humbling and gratifying to be here on the Walk for Remembrance and Peace as a follow-up to Operation Husky 2018.

La Festa di San Filippo in Piazza Armerina, Sicily, with Canada well and proudly represented by First Canadian Division Corporal Thomas Bruce on the pipes.

We were honoured and privileged to be invited to participate in the Festa di San Filippo in Piazza Armerina. The three hour walk was a good tuneup for tomorrow’s 20 kilometre march to Valguarnera.

Shame about the view 😏. Agira and Assoro, Sicily. Both liberated by the Canadians in hard and brutal combat against seasoned German troops in 1943.

Good morning from Sicily.

Monique Menzie of Wolfe Island, Ontario is on the Walk For Remembrance and Peace to honour her uncle, Private Leslie George Menzie of the Hastings and Prince Edward Regt., who died October 28, 1944 of wounds suffered in battle after serving in Sicily and on the mainland.

First Canadian Division Corporal Thomas Bruce honours his forbears at the Op Husky monument opposite the town war memorial in Agira.

The power of music: a school teacher leading a field trip in Leonforte heard piper Cpl. Thomas Moore of the 1st Canadian Division and asked if he could play for the students. After Thomas played and we took some photos, the teacher explained to the students why we were here.

Rest easy, friend. 💔

Obituary of Sheridan Atkinson ridgetown.mckinlayfuneralhome.com/tribute/detail…

Well-deserved recognition for the Canadians who served and sacrificed in the Italian Campaign in World War II.

The money shot from today’s D-Day 75 lunch The Royal Canadian Legion br. 115 in Hudson, courtesy @Stewthebassman: WW2 Canadian Army nurse Maxine Bredt and RCN Lt. Harry Trenholme, who commanded a landing craft ferrying Canadian soldiers to Juno Beach on June 6, 1944. God bless them both.

76 years ago today...

The old girl is restless.

Operation Husky figures prominently in this year's Veterans' Week poster from Veterans Affairs CA, which features an iconic 1943 picture of Canadians in Agira and a present-day photo of Lt(Ret)Maxine Bredt, who served with the Royal Canadian Medical Corps during the Italian campaign.

Today, our delegation marks the 75th anniversary of the Italian Campaign at the Pontecorvo Monument in Italy. #CanadaRemembers #Italy75

Today, at the Pontecorvo Monument in Italy, the Canadian delegation attended a ceremony of remembrance to mark the 75th anniversary of the Italian Campaign. #Italy75 #CanadaRemembers

The Canadian delegation attends a private visit at Cassino War Cemetery to honor their fallen comrades. #CanadaRemembers #Italy75

Better late than never and definitely worth the wait: Remembrance Day pictures of friends in Sicily paying their respects at the Canadian War Cemetery in Agira. Mille grazie Alessandro Lupo.