Thank you, Veterans! In July and August 1943, during World War II, Sicily was a significant theater in the fight against fascism. German and Italian Axis forces occupied the island, and the Allied forces of the United States, Canada, and Britain aligned for Operation “Husky,” and amphibious and land assault to take Italy and eventually…
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A Gentleman
My (third?) cousin Pietro Giammanco in his military uniform, probably WWII, Sicily. This photo is from my grandmother’s collection of family photos and postcards sent to her in Brooklyn from Sicily. Pietro was like a brother to my grandmother. I was fortunate enough to have met him–a gentleman through and through–in his old age.