Italy celebrates one of its most important holidays on April 25th: Liberation Day. This marks the day on which the Allied Armies freed the country from the Nazis. Those dark times and the many young lives lost during World War II are remembered on this important national holiday.
Who were those brave soldiers that died to grant a future of freedom to our country? We may not know their names, but we remember them in our hearts.
Among the many American soldiers who sailed from overseas, the largest ethnic group was young Italian American men. Despite their numbers, they have not received much attention from traditional historians. Those soldiers, sailors, and airmen were not only American citizens with Italian heritage, but also included Italian-born naturalized Americans who served in the U.S. armed forces.
They could often speak Italian, had grown up in an Italian American environment and still had families and roots overseas. Thus, when asked to fight in Italy, they were ready to join the war.
Those men fought not only for the peace and freedom of humankind, but also for a country they saw as their own.
May their memories be blessed.
MY LAWYER IN ITALY® works tirelessly to celebrate Italian heritage and culture around the world, and to help Italian American sons and daughters come back to the land of their ancestors.
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