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Posted on 08/22/2004 5:08:17 PM PDT by UnklGene
Bodies of WWI soldiers found in Italian glacier -
The preserved bodies of three Austrian soldiers killed in World War I have been found at the foot of an Italian glacier, 86 years after their deaths, a museum in northern Italy said on Sunday.
They were found by Maurizio Vincenzi, the director of the military history museum at the small town of Peio in the Trentino region, member of a mountain rescue team and military history buff.
The bodies were found 3,400 metres up a mountain called San Matteo and are said to be exceptionally well preserved.
They had been spotted by Vincenzi as he scanned the glacier with binoculars and noticed marks on it.
The area was the scene of fighting between Austrian and Italian troops in 1918 and the Austrian soldiers would have belonged to a regiment based at Dimaro nearby.
It is believed that the men died when they were attacked with grenades.
Their bodies have been taken to a morgue in Peio and will be transferred to a military cemetery.
According to Vincenzi it is 80 years since the preserved body of a World War I soldier has been found.
That as an ice field..not a glacier...since it didn't "move"..The best example of glaciation action is the BOAC airplane lost over the Andes just after WW II...parts of the plane, and the crrew and passenegers turned up a few years ago..hicers found them....some 50 miled from where the crash impact site was determned..they finally figured out the glacier captured and carried everything..it's the ultimate disposal..
Yeah, Helprin is about my favorite author, I've read most of his stuff.
His political writing doesn't pull many punches either, does it?
Conditions that look more dangerous than enemy bullets.
I'm sure one of the dead Italian soldiers will be holding a press conference within a week to tell the world how John Kerry saved his life.
And no one can question his credibility unless they were in the glacier with him......
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Kinda, refresh my memory
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Nice collection of photos. Looks like you've found a "before" shot:
http://berg.heim.at/almwiesen/410100/Ortler.jpg
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I just read a PBS Nova transcript of that story. Very interesting. Wish I had seen the show.
A Soldier of the Great War
by Mark HelprinThe Myth of the Great War:
A New Military History of World War I
by John MosierParis 1919:
Six Months That Changed the World
by Margaret Macmillan
FYI..i'm pretty suire you can buy a video..check PBS on-line..
Dude, that's ... well, cold.
Nah.....if I bought every book I wanna read or documentary I wanna see, I would have to get a second job.
OK by me...I was just trying to be helpful...you know..most of these channels..PBS, Discovery, History, the whole nine yerads..sell videos of most every program..usually cost $15-20 + S&H...like you, I won't spend the $$ either...but you'd think someone would develope a business model to sell them via an internet download...maybe $3-4 a shot..
Interesting photos of the Tyrol Campaign WW I.
Lots of mountain arty pix.
http://berg.heim.at/almwiesen/410100/
Bill Clinton commented about the amazing looks of the mummy. He said..." did you happen to see that mummy they found in the mountains?......she looked so good that I would date that mummy."
He was actually visiting the museum were her body was.
Thanks, now I remember that
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