The Ottawa Citizen reported for example that "The 35-year old French-Canadian soldier used Marshal Petain's famous Verdun slogan "They shall not pass," to win a key objective at Ortona, Italy, in the face of overwhelming German opposition." "French Canadian Wins Victoria Cross", Ottawa Citizen article, March 6 1944, accessed online 15 Sep 2014 via google at https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19440304&id=lvouAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ENwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4474,785365