Note: this topic is from . Thanks PJ-Comix.
Posted on 02/10/2019 11:17:46 AM PST by PJ-Comix
This is a story I heard since I was a kid but it was so wild I had a lot of trouble believing it. However, a discovery I made on the Web a few years ago revealed that this story was absolutely true as you will find out in this video.
(Excerpt) Read more at youtu.be ...
Humor PING!
FYI
Very cool!
NOT a Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping! Because who would believe it???
To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you must threaten to report me to the Mods if I don't add you to the list...
That’s quite a story. Lol. Thanks!
Nicely done -- and quite a genealogical treasure!
Your Dad was yet another member of the Greatest Generation whom I would have really liked to have had the pleasure of meeting...
FRegards,
TXnMA
BM
Awesome! My dad was a comedic magician who got through the Great Depression on grit, daring and talent. You’ve made me rethink some stories he told me that I initially thought were not true.
What a great true story my dad was wwII army vet. Died a few years ago. This is one of those days I wish I could pic up the phone.how he would have loved the story. Those crazy Italians.
What a great true story my dad was wwII army vet. Died a few years ago. This is one of those days I wish I could pic up the phone.how he would have loved the story. Those crazy Italians.
Yeah, by that time most of the Italian army just wanted any excuse to surrender. In fact, just a couple of months later, after this incident, Italy tossed out Mussolini and did surrender. On top of that Sicily had been violently anti-Mussolini all along. That is why the USA enlisted the help of Lucky Luciano and some other mobsters to help with the locals to facilitate the Sicily invasion and the entry onto the boot of Italy.
One big problem is that those same mobsters were, well, mobsters and immediately began mob activities there such as black market, etc.
The greatest generation
My father had flat feet - "flat as a duck's feet" he would say; signed up for the Army Air Corps, barely finished boot camp and was sent to the Aleutian Islands to be an airplane mechanic when the war ended.
I'm glad he's not around today to see what a mess the world has become.
My aunt married a man from Italy. He served in the Italian army in WWII. In his early 20s he was captured and sent to the USA as a POW somewhere out west. He loved the Americans. He said he never ate so well. There were 51k Italian prisoners sent to the U.S.. I read 10% married American women.
But I bet he hated the Olive Garden. I never met an Italian who liked the Olive Garden.
OMG real Italians would NEVER eat at an Olive Garden lol
No this guy was from Naples. Boy could he cook. Best meals ever were at their home.
Note: this topic is from . Thanks PJ-Comix.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
