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From: "L. Granfield" <>
Subject: Re: [WarBrides] The Maple Leaf Legacy Project
Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 19:03:13 -0400
References: <428617D7.5040605@kenscott.com> <005d01c558cc$98bb1fa0$4aa73146@me> <42867E34.1050303@kenscott.com>


There's a good version of the "D-Day Dodgers" song on the CD "Soldiers'
Songs." You can find it at www.soldiersongs.com

L.G.
Toronto
(my dad was in Italy, too)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenneth Scott" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 6:39 PM
Subject: Re: [WarBrides] The Maple Leaf Legacy Project


> There is a fairly readable history of the Canadian Italian campaign :
> The D-Day Dodgers by Daniel G. Dancocks -- you might find it interesting
> if you haven't read it -- most Canadian libraries probably have a copy.
>
> The title of the book derives from the song of that name -- supposedly
> Lady Astor commented that the Canadian troops slogging through Italy
> were actually dodging the D-Day invasion . . .you can find the song on
> the net using google.
>
> The cemetery at Agira is, if I remember correctly, the only Commonwealth
> war cemetery that contains only Canadian War Dead. Sadly, hen I visited
> it in 1998 the visitors book had almost no Canadian visitors' entries.
> There were some from Germany and France. The local Sicilians knew little
> about the cemetery. It is sad that such a remote site contains the
> bodies of so many very young Canadian soldiers.
>
> Kenneth Scott
> Dunedin, Florida
>
>
> wrote:
>
> >Great Pictures Ken...My dad fought in Sisily, and talked about it all the
> >time (wish i had listened more) he was one of the lucky ones who came
> >home..Diane, daughter of Mr Wilson Tyson.A.Battery,B.Troup,1st
> >Division..R.C.H.A.....Regiment # C168
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Kenneth Scott" <>
> >To: <>
> >Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 11:23 AM
> >Subject: [WarBrides] The Maple Leaf Legacy Project
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>With all the reflections of VE Day in the past week or so, I thought the
> >>list might be interested in knowing about the Maple Leaf Legacy Project
> >>whose site is located at:
> >>
> >>http://www.mapleleaflegacy.ca/
> >>
> >>This project is in remembrance of Canadian War Dead and seeks, amongst
> >>other things, to take/archive photographs of the graves of all Canadian
> >>Military War Dead, or of memorial plaques when graves are unknown.
> >>
> >>I have had the honour of contributing a few photographs from the
> >>Canadian War Cemetery in Agira, Sicily as well as from the British
> >>Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Pune (Poonah), India known as the
> >>Kirkee War Cemetery. Unfortunately when I visited these cemeteries it
> >>was before the start of the Maple Leaf project and I only
> >>tookphotographs of a few graves that held particular interest to me. My
> >>collections are at:
> >>
> >>http://www.kenscott.com/sicily/campaign.htm
> >>
> >>http://www.kenscott.com/mapleleaf/Kirkee/album.html
> >>
> >>For this latter cemetery I have just today received from friends in
> >>India the complete set of photos for the 8 members of the RCAF who are
> >>buried there. I will update the Kirkee site in the next few days.
> >>
> >>If you find yourself visiting cemeteries where there are Canadian War
> >>Dead the project would appreciate receiving your photos as
> >>contributions. (Particularly the more remote cemeteries -- the more
> >>accessible cemeteries have been fully photographed). The photos are
> >>appreciated, too, by family members who have never had the opportunity
> >>to visit the graves of their loved ones in remote locations.
> >>
> >>Kenneth Scott
> >>Dunedin, Florida
> >>
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