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Article: Tribute to Cassino heroes.(News)
- Article from:
- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- May 17, 2004
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BRITISH veterans will this week remember troops who died in the Battle of Monte Cassino, one of the bloodiest of World War II.
But the troops'efforts have effectively been airbrushed out of history, says author Matthew Parker, who has written a book about the battle which took place 60 years ago.
The soldiers who served there were branded ``D-Day dodgers'' accused of languishing in sunny Italy while ...
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