One Canadian soldier, then Lieutenant Syd Frost of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, found himself as de facto mayor of the Sicilian city or town of Ispica for two weeks in the summer of 1943.
Un soldat canadien, le lieutenant Syd Frost, du régiment Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, se retrouva de facto maire de la ville sicilienne d'Ispica pendant deux semaines, à l'été de 1943.