Ortona (23 page)

Loyal Edmonton riflemen fire on three Germans crouching in a slit trench one hundred yards away during the fight on Ortona's outskirts.
— T. R
OWE
, NAC, PA-163935

Two German paratroopers surrender to the Canadians at the edge of Ortona.
— T. R
OWE
, NAC, PA-107934

Loyal Edmonton Lance Corporal E.A. Harris fires at a German position in Ortona.
— T. R
OWE
, NAC, PA-114490

A Three Rivers Regiment tank prepares to fire another round up the Corso Vittorio Emanuele.
— T. R
OWE
, NAC, PA-163933

Loyal Edmonton troopers advance into Ortona. Lance Corporal W.D. Smith (far right) is carrying a #18 wireless set.
— T. R
OWE
, NAC, PA-163932

A six-pounder antitank gun in action on the edge of Ortona, December 21.
— T. R
OWE
, NAC, PA-141671

On December 23, Three Rivers Regiment tanks push up Corso Vittorio Emanuele toward the rubble pile at Piazza Municipali.
— T. R
OWE
, NAC, PA-114028

Cattedrale San Tommaso after its destruction.
— T. R
OWE
, NAC, PA-136308

Christmas Day at the front. It is not known whether this picture was taken during the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada dinner or farther back in the lines.
— FREDERICK WHITCOMBE, NAC, PA-163936

The war continues unabated on Christmas Day. A dead paratrooper in his slit trench. The weapon is an MG-42 machine gun.
— F
REDERICK
W
HITCOMBE
, NAC, PA-115190

Although often used as an illustration of the dinner at San Maria di Costantanopoli, this photo was actually of the Christmas dinner served at divisional headquarters in San Vito Chientino on December 26, 1943.
— T. R
OWE
, NAC, PA-152839

Canadian soldiers take cover in the Banco di Napoli on Corso Vittorio Emanuele.
— T. R
OWE
, NAC, PA-107936

A truck and jeep burn in Ortona after being hit by German mortar fire. A Bren carrier stands in the foreground.
— T. ROWE, NAC, PA-170291