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Originally Posted by Velvet
Yes! You should be very proud. What a wonderful story. Sometimes we take so much for granted and it is nice to be reminded what price was paid and we should never forget.
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Very true. If not for the brave men and women in WWII we probably would have become overrun by the Nazis and their allies.
William fought with his men in Italy. Sneaked up on a house full of Nazis while under machine gun fire. Throwing a grenade through a window and then he and his six men captured 31 prisoners whose comrades in arms were very much interested in taking back. The fight went on for a long time. Not sure how long and how everything happened. The letter from the Brigadier General describing the action is very confusing so I am not sure what really went on. And Bill never talked about it that other relatives remember and his wife passed.
The letter mentions Massa Marittima and
Massa Marittima - Wikipedia and Velletri. These are not that close to one another.
Velletri - Wikipedia