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fgairdner -
yes Bert hoffo was a goer and did a lot of good with 5th Armoured - the Ortona battle kept the Seaforths and Loyal Eddies busy for while over the christmas '43 losing far too many men......
Then it was on to the Liri valley where they got a bit mixed up with the British 6th Amoured Div .. and took a pasting at Ceprano and Frosinione - next big one was the Gothic where they claimed that they knocked down Tuvallu ( Tomba de Pesaro) - so we had to go in and clean it up !
I was with the 21st tank Bde supporting 1st Div and just to-day I have had a review of Gerry Chester's new book wherin he covers the 21st Action at the Gothic - should give you some idea of what went on in thoses days
Cheers
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