{"id":9116,"date":"2021-10-08T22:12:59","date_gmt":"2021-10-09T02:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/?page_id=9116"},"modified":"2024-04-22T23:26:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T03:26:54","slug":"dinner-hubert-l","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/index.php\/wilmot-township-veterans\/dinner-hubert-l\/","title":{"rendered":"Ditner, Hubert L."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sergeant <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Service # A104433<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9497 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/hditner.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"834\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/hditner.jpeg 834w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/hditner-195x300.jpeg 195w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/hditner-667x1024.jpeg 667w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/hditner-768x1179.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/hditner-624x958.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 834px) 100vw, 834px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/ditner\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9099\" src=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1408\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.jpeg 1408w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner-300x69.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner-1024x236.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner-768x177.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner-238x55.jpeg 238w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner-947x219.jpeg 947w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner-624x144.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1408px) 100vw, 1408px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Hubert Laurence Ditner was born on July 3rd, 1921, in St. Agatha, Ontario. He was the son of Simon and Christina Ditner of R.R. \u00a01, Petersburg. Simon was the Warden of Waterloo County.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a class=\"maxbutton-2 maxbutton maxbutton-ditner-family-tree\" href=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/index.php\/wilmot-township-veterans\/dinner-hubert-l\/ditner-family-tree\/\"><span class='mb-text'>Ditner Family Tree<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Hubert was raised on a farm and spoke fluent German and English. His German-speaking skills came in helpful during his service in Italy as an anecdote later will show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/ditner-hubert-16\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9154\" src=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.16.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"746\" height=\"918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.16.png 746w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.16-244x300.png 244w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.16-45x55.png 45w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.16-624x768.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Ditner was an Acting Sergeant in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/4th_Princess_Louise_Dragoon_Guards\">4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards<\/a>, R.C.I.C., part of the 12th Infantry Brigade of the 5th Canadian (Armoured) Division, I Canadian Corps which had landed on the south coast of Sicily, Italy, on July 13, 1943. The U.S. 7th Army had landed at Gela and Licata on July 10th. The Canadians, part of the British 8th Army, landed 3 days later at Cassabile and Syracuse. In subsequent months the Americans would advance northward through Italy along its west coast and the British would advance along the eastern side.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Ditner&#8217;s war originated at the May 1943 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Washington_Conference_(1943)\">TRIDENT Conference in Washington<\/a> between President Roosevelt and P.M. Churchill to plan how to defeat Germany after victory in Africa. The American brain trust wanted to move all forces from Africa to stage an attack on the Germans occupying Europe across the English Channel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Churchill\u00a0<strong><em>first<\/em><\/strong> wanted to divert some German forces away from its eastern front to ease the pressures on their allies the Soviets. To do so, he wanted to invade Italy, distract Hitler&#8217;s focus, and make the Germans defend its southern &#8220;soft underbelly&#8221;, Italy, by moving forces away from the Soviet front, and south into Italy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The Americans refused to release any ground or naval forces for combat past Sicily.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">A compromise was reached: 1) A cross Channel attack would be launched &#8211; 50 weeks after the conference &#8211; with a target date of May 1, 1944, &#8220;to secure a lodgement on the Continent from which further offensive operations can be carried out&#8221;. 2) The cross Channel operation was code-named\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Normandy_landings\"><strong>OVERLORD<\/strong><\/a> and four American and three British divisions would be transferred from the Mediterranean after the Sicilian campaign to bases in Britain. 3) The Allied commander-in-chief in North Africa, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, was told to plan any operations, following the defeat of Sicily, that seemed &#8220;best calculated to eliminate Italy from the war and to contain the maximum number of German forces.&#8221; The compromise gave the Americans the caveat that they didn&#8217;t have to move past Sicily if Eisenhower could develop a plan to allow that. Churchill got the probability that Eisenhower would have to plan further movements into Italy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Thus Sergeant Ditner&#8217;s 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards were on Sicily on July 13, 1943, two months after the Washington conference.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/ditner-hubert-32a\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9181\" src=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.32a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1802\" height=\"2354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.32a.png 1802w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.32a-230x300.png 230w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.32a-784x1024.png 784w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.32a-768x1003.png 768w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.32a-42x55.png 42w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.32a-1176x1536.png 1176w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.32a-1568x2048.png 1568w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.32a-947x1237.png 947w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.32a-624x815.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1802px) 100vw, 1802px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">[Source: &#8220;World War II&#8221;, www.dk.com, page \u00a0197]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">By May 1944, I Canadian Corps had reached the Liri Valley at the &#8220;Hitler Line&#8221; south of Rome, near Cassino. <a href=\"https:\/\/codenames.info\/operation\/chesterfield-ii\/\">Operation CHESTERFIELD<\/a> was the plan to break through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadiansoldiers.com\/history\/battlehonours\/italiancampaign\/lirivalley.htm\">Hitler Line,<\/a>\u00a0move north and liberate Rome.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/ditner-hubert-32b\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9180\" src=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.32b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1812\" height=\"2536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.32b.png 1812w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.32b-214x300.png 214w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.32b-732x1024.png 732w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.32b-768x1075.png 768w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.32b-39x55.png 39w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.32b-1097x1536.png 1097w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.32b-1463x2048.png 1463w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.32b-947x1325.png 947w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.32b-624x873.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1812px) 100vw, 1812px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">[Source: Legion Magazine, &#8220;The Fight For Italy&#8221;, \u00a0inside back cover]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">See the map above: &#8220;The Liri Valley and The Hitler Line&#8221;, note the small box near Cassino is the area where Sgt. Ditner was during May 1944. Find Pontecorvo, at the Hitler Line, on the map below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/ditner-hubert-18f\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9191\" src=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.18f.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1884\" height=\"1308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.18f.png 1884w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.18f-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.18f-1024x711.png 1024w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.18f-768x533.png 768w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.18f-79x55.png 79w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.18f-1536x1066.png 1536w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.18f-947x657.png 947w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.18f-624x433.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1884px) 100vw, 1884px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/codenames.info\/operation\/chesterfield-ii\/\">Operation CHESTERFIELD<\/a> plan to break through the Hitler Line started at 06:00hrs on May 23rd, 1944. Two Brigades (2nd and 3rd) followed a creeping barrage with the 2nd Brigade on the right and the 3rd Brigade to the left. The 2nd reached the Pontecorvo-Aquino road before being cut off. The 3rd managed to get on the road and then moved left to take the Pontecorvo-Route 6 road.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">At the same time as the 3rd was moving forward, the 1st Brigade relieved the 2nd inside the Hitler Line defences near Pontecorvo.<em>\u00a0&#8220;<strong>The divisional reconnaissance regiment, the IV Princess Louise Dragoon Guards<\/strong>, <\/em>opened a lane through a minefield to the 48th Highlanders for tanks of the 142nd Royal Tank Regiment.&#8221; The single day of fighting was the worst for casualties for the Canadian Army in the Italian Campaign. 890 Canadians were killed or wounded. But, Sgt. Ditner wasn&#8217;t one of them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">[Source: https:\/\/www.canadiansoldiers.com\/history\/battlehonours\/italiancampaign\/lirivalley.htm]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/ditner-hitler-line\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9192\" src=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hitler.Line_.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1982\" height=\"1194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hitler.Line_.png 1982w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hitler.Line_-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hitler.Line_-1024x617.png 1024w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hitler.Line_-768x463.png 768w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hitler.Line_-91x55.png 91w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hitler.Line_-1536x925.png 1536w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hitler.Line_-947x570.png 947w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hitler.Line_-624x376.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1982px) 100vw, 1982px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">[Immediately below is a &#8220;slider&#8221;. Move your mouse to the right side of the page and you&#8217;ll notice a white direction arrow in the right margin. Click on it and the pages of the narrative will &#8220;slide&#8221; or change. There are 3 pages to read. To stop movement, click and hold your mouse on\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>the rotating page until you&#8217;ve finished reading.]<\/b><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[huge_it_slider id=&#8221;41&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9177\" src=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.27-945x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"887\" height=\"961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.27-945x1024.png 945w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.27-277x300.png 277w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.27-768x832.png 768w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.27-51x55.png 51w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.27-947x1026.png 947w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.27-624x676.png 624w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.27.png 1244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 887px) 100vw, 887px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9176\" src=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.28-1024x637.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"887\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.28-1024x637.png 1024w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.28-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.28-768x478.png 768w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.28-88x55.png 88w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.28-1536x955.png 1536w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.28-947x589.png 947w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.28-624x388.png 624w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.28.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 887px) 100vw, 887px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9175\" src=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.29-1024x637.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"887\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.29-1024x637.png 1024w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.29-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.29-768x478.png 768w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.29-88x55.png 88w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.29-1536x955.png 1536w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.29-947x589.png 947w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.29-624x388.png 624w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.29.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 887px) 100vw, 887px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">An event that includes Sgt. Hubert Ditner&#8217;s skills in<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> German, as a young man growing up in Petersburg, occurred probably on the night of May 23rd after the day&#8217;s battle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">&#8220;During the Hitler Line battles in May 1944 Sergeant Hubert ditner, a farmer from Petersburg, Ontario, and his men took the opportunity to catch a few hours&#8217; sleep in a roadside ditch. He awoke to find that his section was sharing a ditch with Panzer Grenadiers from 44th Hoch und Deutschmeister Division. Ditner, who spoke fluent German managed to get all ten to surrender without firing a shot. In a letter to his younger brother, Ditner confessed that he &#8220;didn&#8217;t know who was shaking more. Jerry or me.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">[Source: https:\/\/military.wikia.org\/wiki\/4th_Princess_Louise_Dragoon_Guards]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">[Source also: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/4th_Princess_Louise_Dragoon_Guards]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">By December 1944 the Allied invasion of Italy had advanced past Ortona, the Gothic Line, Rimini, and the Romagna, and is now north of Ravenna just about at the Valli di Comacchio near Sant&#8217; Alberto. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/ditner-hubert-n-italy\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9203\" src=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.N.Italy_.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1518\" height=\"1798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.N.Italy_.png 1518w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.N.Italy_-253x300.png 253w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.N.Italy_-865x1024.png 865w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.N.Italy_-768x910.png 768w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.N.Italy_-46x55.png 46w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.N.Italy_-1297x1536.png 1297w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.N.Italy_-947x1122.png 947w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.N.Italy_-624x739.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1518px) 100vw, 1518px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The area has numerous canals that run into each other and drain the land for human use, similar to the Netherlands. Thus the travel routes are relatively narrow for large armies, and canal dykes provide cover for machine gun nests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/ditner-hubert-30c-clearing-to-the-valli-di-comacchio-2-6-january-1945-cosmolearning-history\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9173\" src=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.30c.Clearing-to-the-Valli-Di-Comacchio-2-6-January-1945-CosmoLearning-History.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1412\" height=\"954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.30c.Clearing-to-the-Valli-Di-Comacchio-2-6-January-1945-CosmoLearning-History.png 1412w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.30c.Clearing-to-the-Valli-Di-Comacchio-2-6-January-1945-CosmoLearning-History-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.30c.Clearing-to-the-Valli-Di-Comacchio-2-6-January-1945-CosmoLearning-History-1024x692.png 1024w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.30c.Clearing-to-the-Valli-Di-Comacchio-2-6-January-1945-CosmoLearning-History-768x519.png 768w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.30c.Clearing-to-the-Valli-Di-Comacchio-2-6-January-1945-CosmoLearning-History-81x55.png 81w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.30c.Clearing-to-the-Valli-Di-Comacchio-2-6-January-1945-CosmoLearning-History-947x640.png 947w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.30c.Clearing-to-the-Valli-Di-Comacchio-2-6-January-1945-CosmoLearning-History-624x422.png 624w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.30c.Clearing-to-the-Valli-Di-Comacchio-2-6-January-1945-CosmoLearning-History-84x56.png 84w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1412px) 100vw, 1412px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/ditner-hubert-33\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9178\" src=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.33.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1328\" height=\"1868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.33.png 1328w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.33-213x300.png 213w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.33-728x1024.png 728w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.33-768x1080.png 768w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.33-39x55.png 39w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.33-1092x1536.png 1092w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.33-947x1332.png 947w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.33-624x878.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1328px) 100vw, 1328px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">[Immediately below is a &#8220;slider&#8221;. Move your mouse to the right side of the page and you&#8217;ll notice a white direction arrow in the right margin. Click on it and the pages of the narrative will &#8220;slide&#8221; or change. There are 3 pages to read. To stop movement, click and hold your mouse on\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>the rotating page until you&#8217;ve finished reading.]<\/b><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[huge_it_slider id=&#8221;42&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9172\" src=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.31-1024x721.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"887\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.31-1024x721.png 1024w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.31-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.31-768x541.png 768w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.31-78x55.png 78w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.31-947x667.png 947w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.31-624x439.png 624w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.31.png 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 887px) 100vw, 887px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9171\" src=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.31a-1024x495.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"887\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.31a-1024x495.png 1024w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.31a-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.31a-768x371.png 768w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.31a-114x55.png 114w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.31a-947x457.png 947w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.31a-624x301.png 624w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.31a.png 1466w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 887px) 100vw, 887px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9170\" src=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.31b-1024x602.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"887\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.31b-1024x602.png 1024w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.31b-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.31b-768x451.png 768w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.31b-94x55.png 94w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.31b-947x557.png 947w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.31b-624x367.png 624w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.31b.png 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 887px) 100vw, 887px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The campaign in Italy lasted 608 days. It cost 312,000 Allied casualties, 120,000 American casualties, and approximately 435,000 German casualties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">[Source: &#8220;The Day of Battle&#8221;, Rick Atkinson, page 581]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Was the Italian campaign &#8220;worth&#8221; it? It depends on point-of-view. \u00a0For Britain, it distracted Hitler so he had to move troops from the Soviet front, which relieved pressure on the northeastern Europe front, and gave Churchill time to get his British public &#8216;ready&#8217; to accept a major attack from British shores on Europe and the stresses that involved. For the Americans, it provided an &#8220;outlet&#8221; for huge numbers of troops that would have been unable to be moved quickly from the Mediterranean as insufficient sea transport existed, and gave them &#8220;bragging rights&#8221; as they sneaked past the Allies along the Tyrrhenian Sea at Salerno to liberate Rome. To parents at home whose, sons were not coming home . . .? Simon and Christina Ditner at home in Petersburg, Ontario were 2 of those parents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The War Diary of the 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards for January 4, 1945, page 4, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">reads:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">&#8220;From 1800 to 2000 hrs a variety of coloured flares kept rising from the enemy posts and at 2030 hrs a raiding party came in on 12Tp. At 2055 hrs 8Tp reported an enemy attacking their post and asked for help at 2112 hrs. The C.O. ordered the Arty to fire D.F. 65 along the left flank and help the P.L.F. machine guns to fire the two tasks covering our left flank. The Ld S.H. despatched a tank with two sections from B Sqn to counter-attack at 8 Tp. At 2130 hrs. B Sqn reported all quiet in their area and at 2215 8 Tp reported their situation clear and under control. <strong>Sgt Ditner is wounded and evacuated.<\/strong>\u00a0At 2300 hrs, all was quiet again and the stand-down order was sent out from Tac HQ.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Sgt. Hubert Laurence Ditner died of his wounds the next day, January 5, 1945. He was 23 years old.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-15343\" src=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ditner.wooden.cros_-596x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"596\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ditner.wooden.cros_-596x1024.jpg 596w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ditner.wooden.cros_-175x300.jpg 175w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ditner.wooden.cros_-768x1320.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ditner.wooden.cros_-894x1536.jpg 894w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ditner.wooden.cros_-947x1627.jpg 947w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ditner.wooden.cros_-624x1072.jpg 624w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ditner.wooden.cros_.jpg 1009w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-15344\" src=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ditner.war_.graves.stone_-610x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ditner.war_.graves.stone_-610x1024.jpg 610w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ditner.war_.graves.stone_-179x300.jpg 179w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ditner.war_.graves.stone_-768x1290.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ditner.war_.graves.stone_-914x1536.jpg 914w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ditner.war_.graves.stone_-1219x2048.jpg 1219w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ditner.war_.graves.stone_-947x1591.jpg 947w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ditner.war_.graves.stone_-624x1048.jpg 624w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ditner.war_.graves.stone_.jpg 1249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15346 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ditner.flat_.stone_.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ditner.flat_.stone_.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ditner.flat_.stone_-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ditner.flat_.stone_-624x417.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ditner.flat_.stone_-84x56.jpeg 84w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15345\" src=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ditner.bronze.plaque.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"633\" height=\"961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ditner.bronze.plaque.jpg 633w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ditner.bronze.plaque-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/ditner.bronze.plaque-624x947.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[The above 4 images are courtesy of Stephen Ditner, Toronto, a relative of Sgt. Ditner.]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">[Several pages of the War Diary can be viewed below.]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/index.php\/dinner-hubert-l\/ditner-hubert-09\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9148\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9148\" src=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.09.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1492\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.09.png 1492w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.09-219x300.png 219w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.09-746x1024.png 746w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.09-768x1054.png 768w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.09-40x55.png 40w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.09-1119x1536.png 1119w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.09-947x1300.png 947w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.09-624x857.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1492px) 100vw, 1492px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/ditner-hubert-13-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9210\" src=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.13-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1294\" height=\"1802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.13-1.png 1294w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.13-1-215x300.png 215w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.13-1-735x1024.png 735w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.13-1-768x1070.png 768w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.13-1-39x55.png 39w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.13-1-1103x1536.png 1103w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.13-1-947x1319.png 947w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.13-1-624x869.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1294px) 100vw, 1294px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">[Immediately below is a &#8220;slider&#8221;. Move\u00a0your mouse to\u00a0the right side of the page and you&#8217;ll notice a white direction arrow in the right margin. Click on it and the pages of the narrative will &#8220;slide&#8221; or change. There are 3 pages to read. To stop movement, click and hold your mouse on\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>the rotating page until you&#8217;ve finished reading.]<\/b><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[huge_it_slider id=&#8221;43&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9156\" src=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.14-1024x769.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"887\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.14-1024x769.png 1024w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.14-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.14-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.14-73x55.png 73w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.14-1536x1154.png 1536w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.14-947x711.png 947w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.14-624x469.png 624w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.14.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 887px) 100vw, 887px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9155\" src=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.15-1024x769.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"887\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.15-1024x769.png 1024w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.15-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.15-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.15-73x55.png 73w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.15-1536x1154.png 1536w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.15-947x711.png 947w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.15-624x469.png 624w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.15.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 887px) 100vw, 887px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">An interesting note, on the green &#8220;Graves Concentration Report Form&#8221; in the slider above, is the fact that Sgt. Ditner was buried &#8220;temporarily&#8221; immediately after his death during war action and was &#8220;reburied&#8221; in the Argenta Gap Cemetery on February 20th, 1946 after the war&#8217;s end.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9498 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hubert-Ditner-Photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"665\" height=\"1277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hubert-Ditner-Photo.jpg 665w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hubert-Ditner-Photo-156x300.jpg 156w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hubert-Ditner-Photo-533x1024.jpg 533w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hubert-Ditner-Photo-624x1198.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9499 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hubert-Ditner-Story.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"665\" height=\"894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hubert-Ditner-Story.jpg 665w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hubert-Ditner-Story-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hubert-Ditner-Story-624x839.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The documents below are a portion of the War Diary of the 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards for January 1945 at about the time when Sgt. Hubert Ditner was shot and then died of his wounds in Italy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/ditner-hubert-19\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9166\" src=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.19.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1884\" height=\"1284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.19.png 1884w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.19-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.19-1024x698.png 1024w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.19-768x523.png 768w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.19-81x55.png 81w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.19-1536x1047.png 1536w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.19-947x645.png 947w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.19-624x425.png 624w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.19-84x56.png 84w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1884px) 100vw, 1884px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/ditner-hubert-19a\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9165\" src=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.19a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1884\" height=\"1284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.19a.png 1884w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.19a-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.19a-1024x698.png 1024w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.19a-768x523.png 768w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.19a-81x55.png 81w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.19a-1536x1047.png 1536w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.19a-947x645.png 947w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.19a-624x425.png 624w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.19a-84x56.png 84w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1884px) 100vw, 1884px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/ditner-hubert-20\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9164\" src=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.20.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.20.png 2000w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.20-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.20-1024x641.png 1024w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.20-768x481.png 768w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.20-88x55.png 88w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.20-1536x962.png 1536w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.20-947x593.png 947w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.20-624x391.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/ditner-hubert-21\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9163\" src=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.21.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.21.png 2000w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.21-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.21-1024x641.png 1024w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.21-768x481.png 768w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.21-88x55.png 88w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.21-1536x962.png 1536w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.21-947x593.png 947w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.21-624x391.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/ditner-hubert-22\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9162\" src=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.22.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.22.png 2000w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.22-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.22-1024x641.png 1024w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.22-768x481.png 768w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.22-88x55.png 88w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.22-1536x962.png 1536w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.22-947x593.png 947w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.22-624x391.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/ditner-hubert-23\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9161\" src=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.23.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.23.png 2000w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.23-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.23-1024x641.png 1024w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.23-768x481.png 768w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.23-88x55.png 88w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.23-1536x962.png 1536w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.23-947x593.png 947w, https:\/\/rememberourvets.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ditner.Hubert.23-624x391.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/>NOTE card above: Sometime between 1800 and 2300 hrs. &#8220;Sgt. 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