Today in World War II History—Dec. 28, 1943
Friday, December 28, 2018 by Sarah Sundin

Canadian troops in Ortona, Italy, December 1943 (National Archives of Canada)
75 Years Ago—Dec. 28, 1943: Canadians take Ortona, Italy after fierce house-to-house fighting.
In Naples, Italy, US Army opens mass delousing stations for civilians to control a typhus epidemic.

US Army delousing station in Naples during the typhus epidemic, 1943-44 (US Army Office of Medical History)