Word: triquet
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They Did Not Pass. Paul André Triquet's great-grandfather fought in the Crimean War for Napoleon III; his grandfather fought the Germans who invaded his native France in 1870; his father, who emigrated to Canada, returned in 1914 to fight the Germans again. It seemed only natural for Paul at 19 to enlist as a private in the Royal 22nd Regiment, the "Van Doos...
...sergeant major at the start of World War II, he was a captain when the 1st Canadian Division moved to Italy. In December Captain Triquet, 80 Van Doos and six tanks were ordered to take tiny Casa Berardi, where German troops barred the road to Ortona. In the first advance towards the gun-studded stone houses, half of Triquet's men and all his officers were either killed or wounded. Said Triquet: "The only safe place is our objective." He, two sergeants and 15 men made it. There they dug in and Triquet repeated Nivelle's famed order...