In Memory Of Giovanni Lagna, Awarded a Gold Metal

Original Vintage Card
  
 Price: $19.95

Stock #:753876
Type: Postcard
Country: Italy
Size: 4.25" x 6" (11 x 15.25 cm)

Additional Details:
Gold Medals Of This War - Giovanni Lagna
Team Leader XII Battalion CC. NN. from mountain, from Parella (Aosta), to memory. Always first in every risky undertaking, during an intense bombing, hit in full by a bomb that struck both his legs, he refused any treatment, because the doctors were not diverted from assistance to injured comrades. Perfectly aware of the imminent end, he invited those present to sing the hymns of fascist Italy and exclaimed: "You will say for me to the Duce that I have given all I could and I am sorry only that I can not give more." Sublime example of strength of mind and elected virtue of soldier and citizen. Quote 1046, Greek front, 16 Feb 1941

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