Anzio

I took the car one day and drove south out of Rome to Anzio where a cousin of mine on both sides (William Faulkner Douglas) lost his life and was buried at the Anzio Beachhead Cemetery.  He was a member of the first Canadian Special Forces aka the "Devil's Brigade" a joint division with the US rangers.  They were given many of the dirty jobs and had a great record.  William Holden even starred in a movie of that name that detailed them which was always one of my favourite WW2 flicks growing up.  I never knew "Billie" was part of that unit until I looked him up.   We saw lots of Commonwealth cemeteries on our trip but this one really struck home with me.  RIP Billie!

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Billy's tombstone.  Lost but not forgotten!