Ghosts of Ortona, page 50
WWII soldiers and veterans (see Ashcroft, Jim; Atkinson, “Smokey”; Bailey, Edgar; Birmingham, Jack; Bowen, Ranald; Boyd, Ed; Buxton, A.J.; Campbell, Angus; Castagner, Roland; Chettleborough, Stan; Dick, J.E.W.; Dougan, John; Frew, J.M.; Giesbrecht, Henry; Hately, Sam; Holder, Garrett; Johnson, Alon; Lenko, Samuel; Letendre, Norman; McMasters, Harold; McPhee, Melville; Pellowe, Barney; Polhill, William; Rattray, Charlie; Sandford, Norman; Shaw, Bill; Stone, James Riley; Teleske, Bill; White, Ernie; White, Maurice; Wychopen, William)
Malinowski, Bronislaw 501n16
Malta 82
Marshall, S.L.A. 441–2
Matheson, John 269, 456, 514n2
McConville, Bill 523n4, 535–7
McDougall, Robert L. 508n2, 510–1n4
McKay, A.J. 141, 151–2, 167–8
McMasters, Harold 103
McPhee, Eva 4–5, 37, 124, 135, 297, 302–3, 488–9
McPhee, Melville (Mel) 2–7, 12, 33, 35–7, 42–4, 46, 90, 119–36, 252–3, 263, 267, 293–305, 332, 376, 380–1, 443–4, 447, 449–51, 473, 476, 488–91
McRae, Earl 238, 250, 262, 267, 273
McRae, John 335
Meade, Denis 164–5, 168, 383–7, 424, 452–3, 509n5, 519n3
Mediterraneo (film) 496n7
Meloni, Giorgia 519n4
memory. See ethnographic research and writing: approaches to memory and narrative; trauma; war memory and commemoration
Mercer, Al 141
Messiah (Handel) 509n5
Mignano Gap 500n11
Molendijk, Tine 472–5
Monte Cassino battle (1944) 261–2, 465, 500n11
Montgomery, Bernard 25–6, 499n11
Monument to Civilian Victims of War (Ortona) 263–4, 296, 299, 378, 387, 454, 478
moral injury. See trauma: moral injury
Moro River Canadian War Cemetery 232–5, 237, 249–53, 275–6, 295, 356–7, 363, 432–4
Mottl, Joseph 149
Movimento Sociale Italiano (MSI) 392–3, 519n4
Mowat, Farley vii, 30–1, 204, 243, 467–70, 500–1n13, 503n1, 524n9, 524–5n10
Murphy, V.A. 220
music
bagpipes 166
Blue Danube 221
Carmen 221–3
“Che Scià Bbindette Urtone” 17, 21, 22–3
Christmas carols 166, 168–70, 172, 174, 269, 274, 278, 280
church organ 142, 166–9, 172, 269, 273, 319
“D-Day Dodgers” 504n6
“Lambeth Walk” 219, 221, 223
Last Post 252, 295, 335–6
“Lili Marleen” 77, 450–1, 504n6
Messiah 509n5
“Oh Canada” 251
Sons of the Pioneers 294
“When I am L.O.B.” 504n6
Mussolini, Alessandra 393
Mussolini, Benito 22, 24–5, 56, 384, 392
narrative, concept of. See ethnographic research and writing: approaches to memory and narrative
Nazi ideology
and the “Dinner of Reconciliation” 454–66
Canadian veterans’ perspectives 452–3, 466–7, 469–70; author’s reluctance to raise topic with veterans 454
expressed by German veterans
anti-Bolshevism 458–9
white supremacy and antisemitism 464–5
See also 1st Parachute Division: mythologization; Italy: German war crimes and the Holocaust
Netherlands 30, 32, 95–6, 107, 110, 117, 123, 133
Dutch veterans of Bosnia and Afghanistan missions 472, 474–5
19th Indian Infantry Brigade 499n11
North Africa 101, 160, 202, 384, 496n7
No.1 Provost Company (RCMP) 513–4n2
Ortona
ancient to WWII 16–25
battle of (see Ortona battle)
churches, brief histories of 18–19
contemporary life 389–92, 394
cultural traditions: Day of the Dead 432; Festa del Perdono 19, 394; La Maggiolata 22–3; La Passeggiata 394; Navigare necesse est 19 (see also Thomas, Saint)
fascist period 23–5
navy veterans’ association 390-1
religious orders: Franciscan Sisters of the Infant Jesus 23; Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans) 18, 23; Salesians of Don Bosco 328, 330, 388–9, 391
responses to “post-fascism” 392–4, 436
Ortona battle (1943)
historical overview 26–30, 498–500n11
historiography 499–500n11
Ortona battle, remembered
Battle of Ortona, The (mural) 108, 506n3
Canadian Heroes Square 477–8
“Dinner of Reconciliation” (see “Dinner of Reconciliation”)
limited Canadian public awareness 30
memories of veterans and civilians (see Canadian veterans’ narratives; German veterans’ narratives; Italian civilians’ narratives)
Monument to Civilian Victims of War 263–4, 296, 299, 378, 387, 454, 478
Moro River Canadian War Cemetery 232–5, 237, 249–53, 275–6, 295, 356–7, 363, 432–4
“Remembering Ortona Tour” (2008) 356–7
Seaforth Highlanders annual dinner 138–40, 173, 174–5, 188, 213, 225, 227, 229
The Price of Peace (see Price of Peace, The)
veterans’ pilgrimages 341–363 passim
Ottawa Citizen 246, 256, 260, 271–3
Ottawa Sun 238, 240, 246, 249, 253–4, 256, 260, 273–5, 350, 456
Owen, Wilfred 468
Patton, George 507n7
Pellowe, Barney 120
Pescara 25, 211, 247, 400, 458
Allied bombing of (1943) 521n11
Pietransieri massacre 460
Plant, T.R. 199, 209–10, 219
Plutarch 19
Polhill, William (Bill) 372
Polish II Corps 500n11
Politi, Antonio 378, 498n11
Price of Peace, The 268, 296, 309, 337, 338, 477–8
controversy in Ortona 345–6, 393–4
interpretation 350–3, 363–4
support from German veteran 458
unveiling ceremony 341–5, 349
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) 520–1n12, 535
prisoners of war
in Canadian Army records 385, 454, 498n10
in Canadian veterans’ narratives 63–70 passim, 75–7, 84, 451
propaganda 15, 24, 26, 283
prostitution 52, 396, 436
psychoanalytic concepts
chronological displacement 512n6
compromise formation 516n5
dissociation 512n6
intellectualization 503n2
screen memory 321–2, 325
Puletti, Gianfrancesco 263, 269, 296, 299, 308, 311, 346, 393, 436, 458
rape
attempted by German paratrooper 460
Canadian conviction for (1944) 104, 110, 115–6
denial or lack of knowledge about 383, 428–9
feared and rumoured 399, 410, 431
Rattray, Charlie 89, 101–2, 108–9, 248, 442, 506n4, 535
Ravenna Commonwealth War Cemetery 518n1
Ray, Alex 219
reconciliation. See “Dinner of Reconciliation”
religion. See Christianity and related entries under Canadian veterans’ narratives and Italian civilians’ narratives
“Remembering Ortona Tour” (2008) 356–7
Remembrance Day. See Canadian war remembrance
research methods. See ethnographic research and writing
Rowe, Terry 523n4, 535–7
Roy, Reginald 171, 383, 426, 508n2
Royal Canadian Legion 241, 336–7, 355, 362
Cornwall Branch 241
Edmonton Kingsway Branch 33, 35
Royal Canadian Regiment 513–4n2
Royal 22e Régiment (“Van Doos”) 258, 264, 280, 454, 460, 513n2, 523n6
Russian front, WWII 27, 63–4, 70, 74–5, 77–8, 160, 498n10
safe conduct pass (Allied WWII leaflet) 14
Salesians of Don Bosco. See under Ortona: religious orders
Salò Republic 384–5, 392, 520n8
San Donato 26, 143–4, 232, 357
San Tommaso (Ortona basilica) 6, 23, 28, 124, 259, 264, 289–305 passim, 332, 346, 364, 376, 378, 387, 394–5, 400–18 passim
brief history of 18–19
See also Comfort, Charles; Thomas, Saint
Sandford, Norman 74
Santa Maria delle Grazie (Ortona church) 22–3, 28, 264, 277, 314, 324–31 passim, 377
brief history of 18
Santa Maria di Costantinopoli (Ortona church) 139, 142, 146–9, 151–2, 157, 159, 164–9, 172–6, 212, 259, 269, 296, 319, 325, 331, 376, 389, 398
brief history of 18
Saving Private Ryan (film) 32, 242
Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, passim
annual Ortona Christmas dinner (see under Ortona battle, remembered)
archives of 138–41, 176–7
WWII soldiers and veterans (see Baldwin, Jim; Bill (pseudonym); Cameron, D.B.; Cunningham, George; Durnford, Roy; Elaschuk, John; Etue, Wilfrid; Fairweather, David; Flynn, B.D.; Gildersleeve, Wilf; Gilmour, G.S.; Haimes, Wilfrid; Harley, Don; Hudson, H.A.; Johnson, Charles Monroe; McDougall, Robert L.; McKay, A.J.; Meade, Denis; Mercer, Al; Mottl, Joseph; Murphy, V.A.; Plant, T.R.; Ray, Alex; Searson, Pat; Simon, Stan; Taylor, “Woody”; Thomas, Ernest; Thomson, Syd; Tweedhope, Norman; Vance, T.C.B.; Warner, Joseph; Wood, Clifford; Worton, Bill; Wylie, Howard)
Searson, Pat 273
2nd New Zealand Division 26
Shakespeare 344, 510n2
Shaw, Bill 11, 73, 93–103 passim
Sicily, Allied invasion of (1943). See Battle of Ortona: historical overview
Simard, F.W. 516n9
Simon, Stan 220
Sorino, Tommaso 390–1, 393, 395–6, 400, 417–9, 436, 519–20n5
Srebrenica 475
Stacey, C.P. 500n12
Stalingrad, comparison with Ortona 6, 417
Stawicki, Andrew 253–5, 257–8, 260, 262, 268, 271
Stone, James Riley 35, 89, 91, 248, 382–3, 449, 499n11, 535
Strabo 16–17
Surette, Robert 309, 344, 352
Taylor, “Woody” 198
Teleske, Bill 295
Tenisci, Angelo 390–1, 393–5, 407, 413–4, 417, 432, 436
10th Indian Infantry Division 500n11
Thomas, Ernest (June) 89, 160, 163, 168, 193–4, 380, 508–9n3, 535
Thomas, Saint, venerated in Ortona 19, 394, 403, 405
Thomson, Syd 143, 147, 149, 191, 383
Three Rivers Regiment (12e Régiment blindé du Canada), passim
regimental association 236, 246, 308
WWII soldiers and veterans (see Griffiths, Edmund (Ted); Johnson, Frank; Jones, Gwilyn; Simard, F.W.; Turnbull, Gord; Wilhelm, Joseph)
Toronto Star 253–4, 256, 260, 262, 268, 271
Tosti, Francesco Paolo 22
transcription methods. See under ethnographic research and writing
trauma
in veterans’ narratives (see Canadian veterans’ narratives: analysed for trauma or moral injury)
moral injury: as response to limitations of PTSD clinical framework 471–2; as moral distress and disorientation 472–3; treatments 473–6
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 123–4, 441, 471–2, 475
See also battle exhaustion; killing, psychological costs; psychoanalytic concepts
Triquet, Paul 513n2
Trottier, Gerald 506n3
Turnbull, Gord 509n3
Turner, John 243–4
Tweedhope, Norman 14–16, 46–7, 150, 175–6, 248, 476, 480, 483–7
US Fifth Army 25, 500n11
See also Eisenhower, Dwight; Patton, George
Vance, T.C.B. 159, 162, 168
Vena, Silvana 376
Vena, Tommaso 376
veterans
Dutch (see under Netherlands)
of Ortona battle, narratives of (see Canadian veterans’ narratives; German veterans’ narratives)
organizations
Alberta Indian War Veterans Society 505n1
Associazione Nazionale Marinai
d’Italia (ANMI) 390–1
Royal Canadian Legion (see Royal Canadian Legion)
Veterans Affairs Canada 236–7, 239, 308, 336, 341, 351, 355, 362, 507n7, 525n12
Via Dolorosa (oil painting) 288–9, 291, 292, 332
See also Comfort, Charles
Vokes, Chris 15–16, 26, 384, 440, 446, 499–500n11, 522n1, 537
war art. See Canadian War Records; Comfort, Charles
war crimes
by Canadian soldiers, possible or disputed incidents 64, 224
by German Army (see under German Army, WWII; 1st Parachute Division)
by Italian Army 496–7n7
See also rape
War Diaries, explained 504n7
war memory and commemoration. See Canadian veterans’ narratives; Canadian War Museum; Canadian war remembrance; Canadian War Records; German veterans’ narratives; Italian civilians’ narratives; Ortona battle, remembered; trauma
war souvenirs 1, 14, 20–1, 30, 47, 51, 54, 57, 59, 69, 298, 381–2, 436, 534–5
Warner, Joseph (“Pop”) 157–8, 385
West Nova Scotia Regiment 460, 523n6
White, Ernie 71
White, Maurice 337, 338, 339–65 passim, 379–80, 445, 449, 451, 453–5, 537
Wilhelm, Joseph 246, 313, 343–5, 466, 514n3
Winter Line 25, 497n8
Wood, Clifford 92, 162–3, 386, 449
World War I 22, 183, 335–6, 339, 447, 468, 501n16, 513n1, 524n9
World War II. See British Eighth Army; 8th Indian Division; 1st Canadian Infantry Division; 1st Parachute Division; German Army, WWII; Italian Armed Forces, WWII; Italian Campaign; Liri Valley battle; Mignano Gap; Monte Cassino battle; Ortona battle; Polish II Corps; 2nd New Zealand Division; US Fifth Army
Worton, Bill 275, 281, 455, 470
Wychopen, William 354, 518n1
Wylie, Howard 158
Zuehlke, Mark 501–2n17
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