roberto guerini remembers 26th December 1944 – Sommocolonia

http://www.barganews.com/2013/12/26/26th-december-1944-sommocolonia-2/ of the 95 American and Italian Partisan defenders of Sommocolonia, 18 made it alive to U.S. Fifth Army lines.

Boxing Day morning in Sommocolonia and this year once again for the Alpini and all present, the terrible freezing north east wind which three years ago froze everybody rigid, was back with a vengeance and made life very unpleasant for a while.

The small crowd in Sommocolonia this morning therefore celebrated the events of December 26, 1944 in the quickest time possible before returning to the warmth of their Christmas fires once again.

After Don Stefano had said the mass in the San Frediano church , three wreaths were laid to commemorate the people who died during December 1944.

One was placed at the war memorial just outside the San Frediano church. A second at the base of the tower where John Fox and his companions were killed and the third and the third was laid just above Sommocolonia at the Memorial to the Italian Partisans.