(posted 7529 days ago)South London Press
NewsDelighted to be a D-Day Dodger
Sep 12 2003
By Richard EvansA WAR veteran from South London was one of those to attend a special event at the Imperial War Museum on Monday.
Ted Sylvester was one of about 30 veterans of the Italian campaign to gather at the Kennington museum's to mark the 60th anniversary of the Salerno landings.
Salerno, 30 miles south-east of Naples, was the scene of an Allied amphibious assault on September 9, 1943.
After 20 months of bitter fighting in difficult mountainous terrain, the German forces were defeated.
The British forces who took part in the gruelling campaign dubbed themselves the D-Day Dodgers.
The eminent military historian Sir Michael Howard, who fought at Salerno, was guest of honour at the reunion.