keywords: veterans abbey benedictine 1944 tribute
text: Canadian veterans lay wreaths to honour comrades who died 60 years ago in Italy (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - CASSINO, Italy (CP) - In the shadows of the Benedictine abbey where German forces held out for long months in the spring of 1944, Canadian war veterans paid tribute Tuesday to the comrades who died in some of the most bitter fighting of the Second World War.