From 1831 to 1913
Senator Francesco Arese Lucini
Francis (Francois) Zola (Venice, 1795-Aix-en-Provence, 1847), father of the famous novelist Emile Zola. He attended the military academy in Pavia, Paris and MOdAM 1810 to 1812, from which he emerged with the rank of lieutenant in the artillery horses of the imperial army of Prince Eugene de Beauharnais French. In the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, he served, from 1815 to 1821, a regiment in the Austrian army. Between 1817 and 1818 he attended the University of Padova, where he graduated in engineering. Francesco Zola "is a kind adventurer to Stendhal, passionate until follia del proprio lavoro" (A. Lanoux). Di idee politiche liberali, carbonaro e massone, lasciata la carriera militare, nel 1830 si recò in Austria dove, come ingegnere capo, progettò la costruzione della ferrovia Linz-Budweis, che è considerata la prima linea ferroviaria del continente europeo, esclusa l'Inghilterra. Lavorò in Olanda, Inghilterra e, infine, in Francia, dove tra il luglio del 1831 e il 1833 prestò servizio nella neonata Legione partecipando alla conquista dell'Algeria. Arruolato come sottotenente ad Algeri, lo Zola si innamorò di una donna maritata e per lei commise un furto in un negozio di abbigliamento. Scoperto, le autorità militari per ordine del Duca di Rovigo, obbligarono il capitano Zola alle dimissioni dalla Legione. Era il 15 gennaio 1833. Congedato suo malgrado si stabilì a Marsiglia e poi a Parigi. Nel 1843 progettò la costruzione del canale di Aix-en-Provence. Morì il 27 marzo del 1847 lasciando la famiglia in ristrettezze economiche.[5]
Il senatore Ottaviano Vimercati
Raffaele Poerio (1792-1853), patriota. Figura tra le più rappresentative degli italiani nella Legione. Esule in Francia si arruolò nel Corpo nel 1832 assumendo il comando del V battaglione. Servì per diciassette anni fino a raggiungere il grado di colonnello.
Carlo Pepoli (1796-1881), patriota, librettista e senatore del Regno. Prestò servizio in Algeria sotto gli ordini del colonnello Raffaele Poerio.
Francesco Arese Lucini (1805-1881), patriota e senatore del Regno. Nato a Milano il 14 agosto 1805, fu nominato senatore il 26 novembre 1854, morì a Milano il 25 maggio 1881. Ricco patrizio milanese, fu esule per motivi politici fin dal 1831 in Francia. Nel 1832 fu volontario nella Legione a servizio della Francia nella campagna di conquista dell'Algeria. Francesco Arese Lucini fu uno dei principali promotori delle Cinque giornate di Milano nel 1848. Dopo la rioccupazione austriaca del suo paese riparò in Piemonte nel Regno di Sardegna dove ottenne la cittadinanza sarda. Colle sue relazioni di dimestichezza antica con Napoleone III di Francia, imperatore dei francesi, he worked effectively for the alliance of France with Piedmont in the war of 1859. Bound in friendship with the most eminent politicians of much of Italy was among the most deserving of its Renaissance. He was vice-chairman of the Senate in both 1863 and 1873-74 sessions.
Carlo Pisacane
Borgazzi Jerome (Milan, 1808-1848), a patriot, he emigrated to France in 1829. In 1834 he joined the "Young Italy" of Giuseppe Mazzini and the attempted insurrection in the Savoy. Arrested by French police and deported to Algeria, where he enlisted in the Legion fought with courage enough to earn the rank of sergeant. In 1836 he fought, always with the Legion in Spain, he was promoted to lieutenant and received other honors from Queen Isabella II of Spain. In 1843 he left Spain and returned to Italy. Hired as Inspector of Railways during the construction of the Milan-Venice, in 1848 participated in the Five Days of Milan 4000 and led the assault on insurgents Comasina door after attempting to seize the gunpowder Lambrate. After a violent assault was struck by a bullet in the chest and died.
Domitius Regnoli (Milan, November 17, 1811 - June 18, 1876) patriot. Took an active part in the riots of 1831, fought the mountain of Cesena January 20, 1832. Imprisoned and released went exile in France, where he joined the Legion in which he fought and was wounded in Algeria. Back in Italy participated in the campaigns of 1848-1849. In defense of Vicenza, June 10, 1849, was wounded and earned for his acts of bravery to be quoted on the agenda.
Augusto Anfossi (1812-1848) of Nice. Exile from the Kingdom of Sardinia after 1831, he enlisted in the Legion, then emigrated to Egypt, reaching the rank of colonel in the army of Ibrahim Pasha. Saw in Italy at the first signs of freedom, and found death in Milan in the fourth day of that historic struggle.
Giovanni Andrea Pieri, a patriot, he participated in the attack on Napoleon III of France Joseph
Broggi (Milan, 1814-1848), patriot. Exile in France he fought in Algeria in the Legion. He returned to Italy was one of the first victims of the "Five Days of Milan", fighting in Eastern Gate.
Lieutenant General Fortunato Marazzi in the First World War.
John Gervasoni (Crema, 1816 - Ancona, 1849) patriot. He was born in Crema April 30, 1816. Priest, abandoned the cassock and joined the Legion. He fought in Algeria for distinguishing value in the fighting that took part. Killed in a duel by an officer who was severely injured. He emigrated to Spain in 1848 fighting in the Battalion returned to Bologna University Romano as a lieutenant. He died on July 8, 1849 due to a wound received in military action on the sea mounts near Ancona.
Ottaviano Vimercati, Milan aristocrat, diplomat and senator of the Kingdom of Italy. He joined the Legion in 1841 and as commanding officer of a department Spahis Algerians participated in the conquest of Deida and Mascara (Algeria), where he was decorated for bravery of the Legion of Honor. In 1859, as a staff officer of General François Certain de Canrobert, took part in the War of Independence and was the first soldier to enter the city of Crema released by the Austrians. [6] [7]
Carlo Pisacane, patriot. He served as an officer in the Legion, between 1847 and 1848.
Bertollo Gustavo (1830-1863), who died April 30 at the Battle of Cameron, Mexico and Lai Casimir (1830 -?), Drum dela Captain Danjou, wounded and one of the few survivors in Cameron.
Antonio Gomez, a patriot discussed. He served in the Legion in Algeria in May 1853 to June 1855. A 7 December 1855 Marseille was sentenced to six months in jail for abuse of confidence, his sentence emigrated to England. In 1858, with Charles and Di Felice Orsini Rudio participated in the attack on Napoleon III of France. Sentenced to hard labor was later pardoned.
Raffaele Cadorna
Francesco Saverio De Merode
Cerchiato, il capitano Aristide Merolli nel 1930 ca. in Marocco
Adolfo Wolf , patriota di origine prussiane e combattente in Italia nel 1866 con Garibaldi. Confidente di Giuseppe Mazzini. Di lui disse il garibaldino Giulio Adamoli nel suo scritto "Da San Martino a Mentana" : "Dovrei ora aggiungere come il collega di missione, il Wolf, comandante la compagnia estera, accrescesse il fascino di quelle ore, con gli allettamenti dello spirito colto e sagace: familiare del Mazzini, confidente dei patrioti di tutta Europa, sapeva tener viva una conversazione tra le più dilettevoli; già milite in Africa nella Legione straniera, in Piemonte in the Anglo-Italian Legion, today, at the head of the Swiss and Bavarian army deserters Bourbon, people point and easy, showed a military feel, not really an energy policy. But the memory of the man, who seemed the purest embodiment of the revolution, which, in ten years, we all shook his hand confidently on the ground and in our homes, because our partner in shipping, in the fighting, prisons ; on the image of the man, you should draw a veil like the portrait of the Venetian doge felon, and move on forever. "Captain at the headquarters of Garibaldi in the third war of independence, took part in the Battle of Wolf Bridge Caffaro of June 25 and was employed Colonel Clement Court during the Battle of Monte Suello of July 3 for a counterattack against the Austrians advancing from Ponte Caffaro. The Court made it honorable mention and praise to Garibaldi. He was awarded the silver medal for military valor but then it was discovered that he was a spy in the pay of Napoleon III of France.
Augustine Landini (Forlì 0.1837-1908), a patriot. He took part in the campaigns of 1859 and 1860 among the partisans. Milazzo was wounded in the battle of the Volturno, and then in 1867 in Monterotondo Mentana and finally in the Vosges in France in 1870. In 1873 the battalion was fighting in Spain's Jose Domingo in 1876-1877 and corporal in the Legion in Serbia and Montenegro, where he stayed until the proclamation independence.
Bruno Garibaldi, lieutenant.
Fortunato Marazzi (Cream, 1851 - 1924), Earl, general and deputy. In 1870, in Cagliari, deserted by the Italian navy, when serving as a cadet, to rush in France with Garibaldi. He joined behind the urgent advice of his father and the good offices of French political friends in the Legion. He fought in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871 as second lieutenant as a stranger and with a firm for the duration of the war. He participated in the liberation of Paris from the "Communards", where he was promoted to lieutenant in February 1872 for excellence and achievement in the campaign of Algeria.
Aristide Merolli (San Giovanni, 1885-1947). È annoverato tra le figure eroiche del Corpo. Emigrato in Francia nel 1911, si arruolò nella Legione. Addestrato a Sidi Bel Abbes, l'anno seguente fu trasferito in Marocco come caporale al 1º reggimento di marcia del 1° RE. Ferito gravemente nel combattimento di Sidi Belkacem nel giugno 1914, il Merolli fu promosso al grado di sergente. Nel 1916 fu trasferito sul fronte francese e per il valore dimostrato fu decorato della Medaglia militare e promosso sottotenente. Alla fine della guerra fu trasferito in Marocco, ove imperversava la ribellione delle tribù locali, assegnato al 3 REI e poi al 1° RE, si meritò quattro citazioni e la medaglia della Legion d'onore. Promoted to captain, he returned in 1925 in Sidi Bel Abbes with administrative tasks. In 1934 he was again in action in Morocco, and finally in 1938 was dismissed. Merolli Aristide in 1937, he published his experiences as a legionnaire in: "The grenade héroïque. Tourmente the Avan", Ed A. Moynier, Casablanca, Fez, 1937. [8] [9]
The assistant chief Costante Garibaldi.
From 1914 to 1918
Peppino Garibaldi, commander of the Garibaldi Legion in France in 1914;
Ricciotti Garibaldi (b. 1881), captain;
Sante Garibaldi (1885-1946), Lieutenant;
Bruno Garibaldi (1889 - 1914), lieutenant;
Costante Garibaldi (1891-1915) assistant chief;
Ezio Garibaldi, assistant. All children and grandchildren
Hero Ricciotti Garibaldi. Officers and NCOs of the Garibaldi Legion, part of the fourth regiment of the first regiment of the Foreign Legion. Constant and Bruno fell in combat in the Argonne in 1914-'15.
Ricciotto Canudo (1877-1923), poet and writer. At the outbreak of World War I in August of 1914 he enlisted in the Legion and, as a lieutenant in a foreign degree, was admitted to the Legion Garibaldina grouped in the fourth regiment of movement of 1 regiment of the Legion. He fought in the Argonne and in 1915, with the entry into the war and the subsequent dissolution of the partisans, he was seconded to Oran at the 2nd foreign regiment. Appointed captain was posted to 1 Regiment march of Africa and took the command of a company of Zouaves working on the front of the East, Macedonia and the Dardanelles. Wounded in combat had numerous decorations for military valor. [10]
medical officer Henri
Fausto Zonar Lentulus in 1914, lieutenant of the Fourth Regiment of 1 march RE (Legion Garibaldi). Eldest son of the famous painter Fausto Zonar fell in combat on Jan. 5, 1915 in the Argonne Forest.
Curzio Malaparte, a volunteer in the Garibaldi Legion in 1914. Henry
Lentulus (Nice, November 17, 1889-Gap, 27 January 1981) was a pioneer in dentistry. Nato a Nizza da genitori italiani di origine piemontese, il padre Gaetano era nativo di Ceva mentre la madre Caterina Operti di Cuneo, nel 1912 si laureò all'università reale di Torino chirurgo dentista. Di idee politiche socialiste, nell'agosto del 1914, si arruolò nella Legione nel 1º reggimento di marcia, come legionario di seconda classe. Nell'ottobre dello stesso anno fu distaccato presso la Legione Garibaldina del IV° reggimento di marcia del 1° RE, come medico ausiliario. Nell'aprile del 1915 con lo scioglimento dei garibaldini, Lentulo fu destinato al 2º reggimento straniero a Orléans e successivamente al 359º reggimento di fanteria. Nel luglio 1916 combatté a Verdun e nel 1918 fu destinato a Milano per organizzare Maxillofacial Surgery Center. He was appointed Knight of the Legion d'Honneur and decorated with the Military Cross with bronze star. Author of numerous scientific papers, the French naturalization in 1925 only [11].
Clodomiro Natoli (1893-1917), son of Luigi Natoli author of "I Beati Paoli." Republican faith, he enlisted in 1914 in Paris at the Garibaldi Legion. Survived the fighting in the Argonne, in the spring of 1915 he was transferred to Italy and fought in the Italian Karst, as second lieutenant. He died during a military exercise in 1917 struck at the heart by a splinter grenade. Ponticelli
Lazarus: it was one of the last survivors of the Great fighters War. In 1914 it was incorporated in the Legion Garibaldi, right in the third battalion, the tenth company of the Fourth Regiment to march under the command of Captain Antonio Bruera. Barany Hindard
Camillo (Lodi, 1889-Ethiopia, 1936). In 1914 he enlisted in the Legion Garibaldi in Paris and was built in the fourth regiment of the Legion of travel. He fought in the Argonne. Decorated to the memory of a gold medal for military valor during the campaign in East Africa in 1936. Gabriele
Foschiatti (Trieste, 1889-Dachau, 1944). Volunteer in 1914 in the Garibaldi Legion fought in the Argonne. Partisan irredentist, Mazzini, in 1943 was deported to the Nazi death camp at Dachau, where he died.
Camillo Marabini (Camerino-Parigi, 1965), mazziniano, scrittore e uomo politico. Nel 1914 si arruolò a Parigi nella Legione Garibaldina come tenente, poi promosso per merito capitano.
Friedrich Glauser, scrittore di origine svizzera ma deceduto in Italia.
Dal 1931 al 1938 [modifica]
Il legionario Dino Del Favero caduto in combattimento a Keren nel 1941
Duilio Lagazzi (Castello di Serravalle, 25 gennaio 1902-?), antifascista. Fornaciaio iscritto al Partito Socialista Italiano, emigrò in Francia nel 1930 e si arruolò nella Legione. Dopo il rimpatrio in Italia fu sottoposto a sorveglianza speciale da parte della polizia fascista fino al 1937, quando fu radiato dall'elenco dei sovversivi.[12]
Dino Del Favero (Venezia, 31 maggio 1910-Keren, 15 marzo 1941). Emigrato in Francia si arruolò nella Legione a Gap nel settembre del 1931. Dopo un periodo di addestramento a Sidi Bel Abbes in Algeria, fu assegnato al 1° REI in Marocco ove partecipò al combattimento di Koucer nel settembre del 1933. Nel 1935 fu distaccato al 3° REI. Nel 1938 sottoscrisse un nuovo arruolamento di cinque anni. Nel 1940, caporale della 13^ D.B., prese parte alla campagna di Norvegia combattendo a Bjervik e a Narvik il 28 maggio rimanendo ferito. Evacuato in Inghilterra, Favero aderì alle Forze francesi libere di Charles De Gaulle. Nel settembre del 1940 fu trasferito a Dakar in vista della campagna d'Africa contro le truppe dell'Asse. In Eritrea combatté contro le truppe italiane e a Keren, il 15 marzo 1941, fu ucciso in combattimento. Fu decorato alla memoria da Charles De Gaulle, Compagnon de la Liberation (23 giugno 1941), Croce du Guerra 39/45 (due citazioni), Croce di combattente e Medaglia dei feriti.[13]
Il sergente Augusto Bruschi caduto in combattimento a Keren nel 1941
Silvano Ceccherini (Livorno, 1915-1974), scrittore.
Vittorio Landini (Pianoro, 24 ottobre 1902-?), antifascista. Operaio verniciatore, nel 1922 fu espulso dall'Avanguardia fascista e nel 1930 emigrò clandestinamente in Francia. Nel 1936 si arruolò nella Legione. Nel 1934 fu classificato dalla polizia fascista come comunista e fu emesso un mandato di cattura in caso di his return to Italy [14].
Ilo De Franceschi (Trieste, 1903-1985), anti-fascist. Born into an aristocratic family in Trieste, in the late twenties, because of his opposition to fascism, was imprisoned. In 1937, 34 years of age, he enlisted in the Legion for a disappointment in love. Serving in Morocco, December 19, 1938 began a correspondence that lasted a chance two years, with Alain Madeleine, a French girl. The contents of these letters will be published by Ariane Ascaride in Ecrivez-moi, Madeleine, Editions de l'Aube, in 1989. In 1971 in Paris, the Circle of Friends of UNESCO, will present the book Ilo De Franceschi Seriani Alfredo (1923-2005) entitled: Gita on the plateau.
Sergeant Carletto chief killed in action in Indochina in 1946
Alfonso (Alphonse) Bachetti (1902-Besançon, 1969). Born in Italy emigrated to France in Besançon in 1913 working as a forest worker. In 1938 he joined the Legion in Sidi Bel Abbes, wounded in Norway in June 1940. At the surrender of France reached the French free forces of Charles de Gaulle in London to fight the Nazis. He participated in the campaign of Syria, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Italy and the liberation of France. In 1947 he obtained French citizenship. [15] Bruschi
Augustus (Oristano, March 8, 1920-Keren, March 14, 1941). His father, a bricklayer, emigrated to Corsica in Frasseto. The five brothers had enlisted in the Legion and so Augustus joined them in the Body September 2, 1938 in Ajaccio. Built in the 13 ^ DB, participated in the fighting Bjervik and Narvik in Norway. Evacuated with his unit in England in June 1940, he joined the Free French movement of General Charles De Gaulle. Appointed sergeant in September 1940 he took part in Operation "Menace" time employment in West Africa in Dakar. Then allocate operations in Eritrea with the French Brigade of the East, Augustus Bruschi was killed in action against Italian troops March 14, 1941 during an attack aimed at occupying the Keren-Massawa railway line. It was decorated Knight of the Legion of Honour, Companion of the Cross of Liberation (23/6/1941) and the Military Cross with palms 39/45 [16].
Carletto (Lemon, December 30, 1917-Indo-China, March 26, 1946). He emigrated to France, he enlisted in the Legion Carletto November 12, 1938. After a training period in Sidi Bel Abbes, in May 1939 he was seconded to the 2nd REI Mekhnès, where he was noted for his good behavior and promoted corporal. Transferred to the 3rd REI, 12 December 1942 was promoted to sergeant. He participated in the campaign of Tunisia, in Italy and France. Promoted to sergeant in chief in April 1945 was sent to Indochina where he died, March 26, 1946, in an ambush the Viet Minh. It was decorated with the Military Cross and, posthumously, the Military Medal, the highest French decoration [17].
From 1939 to 1945 [edit]
Ettore Toneatti The Legionnaires fell to Keren in 1941
Gildo Caputo (Paris, 1904-1987), art dealer, is joined the Legion in 1939.
Giulio Cesare Silvagni, anti-fascist. He served in the Legion in the 13 ^ DB in the countryside of North Africa against the Axis troops in Italy and France. Recounted his war experiences in two books: "La peau des mercemaires" 1954 and "The Legion brands sur" Rome in 1961. Ettore
Toneatti (Clauzetto, December 2, 1910-Keren, March 15, 1941), anti-fascist. After primary school and a job as a mason, he emigrated in Francia e il 17 maggio 1939 si arruolò nella Legione per 5 anni. Naturalizzato francese partecipò con la 13^ D.B a la campagna di Norvegia e fu ferito nel corso delle operazioni il 6 giugno 1940. Rimpatriato in Inghilterra aderì al movimento della Francia Libera del generale Charles De Gaulle con lo pseudonimo di Hector Girard. Trasferito in Africa occidentale, sbarcò il 1º gennaio 1941 in Camerun. Con la Brigata francese d'Oriente, posta agli ordini del colonnello Raoul Monclar, Ettore Toneatti prese parte, con il grado di legionario di 2ª classe della 13^ D.B, alla campagna d'Eritrea contro le truppe italiane. Morì il 15 marzo 1941 nei combattimenti per la presa della città di Keren a l'Engiahat, ove fu sepolto. Fu decorato della Croce di Compagno della Liberazione (23 giugno 1941) e della Croce di guerra 39/45 con palme.[18]
Gigi Guadanucci (Massa, 1915), scultore. Per motivi politici, nel 1936 emigrò in Francia a Grenoble. Nel 1939 si arruolò nella Legione ed alla disfatta della Francia entrò nella Resistenza. Rientrato in Italia tra il 1950 e il 1953, si stabilì definitivamente a Parigi. Nel 1951 vinse il Premio Lorenzo Vicini a Forte dei Marmi e il Premio Interregionale di Marina di Massa. Nel 1983 il ministro francese della cultura, Jack Lang, gli conferì il titolo di Cavaliere dell'Ordine delle Arti e delle Lettere.
Jean Rossi, antifascista. Si arruolò nella Legione nel febbraio del 1939. Con la 13^ D.B. prese parte alla campagna di Norvegia. Evacuato in Inghilterra aderì al movimento della Francia Libera del generale Charles De Gaulle. Trasferito in Camerun, partecipò alle operazioni in Sudan, Egitto, Libia, alla campagna d'Italia e alla liberazione della Francia. Si congedò nel 1945. Raccontò le sue memorie di guerra in: "Matricule 80546. Journal de campagne d'un légionnaire italien en service de la France", Ouest-France, 2000.
Giambattista Lazagna (1923-2003), antifascista, partigiano comunista e avvocato. Nato in una famiglia appartenente all'élite genovese, antifascista e borghese con stretti legami alla nobiltà locale, Giambattista Lazagna fu giovanissimo avverso al fascismo e nel 1938 compì, d'accordo con i propri genitori, i primi studi in un Liceo di Nizza gestito dalla Curia, allo scopo di ricevere una formazione apolitica e libera. Si arruolò nella Legione straniera poco dopo, ma nel 1942 fece ritorno a Genova. Con lo pseudonimo di "Carlo", dal 1943 al 1945, fu partigiano della divisione garibaldina "Pinan Chichero", operante nella Val Borbera. Decorato della medaglia d'argento al valor militare per meriti durante la Resistenza. Militante comunista dal 1942 al 1972, fu coinvolto in indagini della magistratura italiana riguardante il terrorismo brigatista.
Il capitano Gustavo Camerini.
Gustavo Camerini (Alessandria d'Egitto, 1º settembre 1907-Varese, 26 settembre 2001), antifascista, ufficiale a titolo straniero e avvocato. Dopo military service performed in Italy in 1929, he continued his university studies in law graduated lawyer. In September 1939, was in Paris, joined the Legion and on 1 March 1940 he was promoted to lieutenant. DB seconded the 13th fought in Norway. On 18 June in England joined the Free French forces, namely the Free French, the political movement of Charles De Gaulle with the pseudonym of Clarence. In September 1940 the expedition to Dakar. Promoted lieutenant in 1941, took part in the campaign and Eritrea, fought against the Italian troops, was wounded in the taking of Massawa on 8 April 1941. He fought in Syria, at the Battle of Bir Hakeim in the Battle of El Alamein and in Tunisia. Durante la campagna d'Italia fu ferito l'8 maggio 1944 a Pontecorvo e a Radicofani. Promosso per merito capitano, fu distaccato presso l'ambasciata francese a Roma, ma il 12 ottobre 1945, a Parigi, fu congedato. Ritornato in Italia diventò avvocato della Corte di Appello di Milano e poi della Corte di Cassazione. Fu tra le 1.038 personalità insignite della prestigiosa onorificenza dell'Ordine della Liberazione, istituita nel 1940 a Brazzaville da Charles De Gaulle. Inoltre è stato decorato di Comandante della Legion d'onore, Compagno della Liberazione, Croce di guerra 1939-1945, Medaglia coloniale, Medaglia dei feriti, Medaglia del levante, Ordine di Sant Olaf (Norvegia) e Croce di guerra (Norvegia). Postume sono state pubblicate le sue memories of war: Gustavo Camerini, Ce soir nous tous au paradis monterons, Ed A. Barthélémy, 2002 [19].
The legionnaire Giuseppe Bottai time of enrollment in 1944.
Umberto Marzocchi, militant anarchist. He joined the Legion in 1940 and the defeat of France, he joined the French Resistance. Mazloum
Silvano (Milan, August 16, 1926-San Francisco, 2008). Son of an Italian mother and Egyptian father, he completed his early studies in Nice, in Egypt in Cairo and Milan, but graduated from the University of California (Berkeley) in economics in only 42 years old in 1968. In 1943, in Dakar in Senegal, he volunteered Forces and free transit in the French Foreign Legion so by joining the Free French of De Gaulle. He served in Brazzaville, Marrakech, Sidi Bel Abbes Setif and obtaining the status of a sniper and paratrooper in the patent. In 1944 he participated in the Italian campaign and after the landing of Salerno was the liberation of Rome, where he met General Charles De Gaulle. He returned to Algeria in August 1944 was used in the landing in Provence and the French campaign in Colmar where he was wounded on 8 January 1945. Took leave in 1950 in Paris. Enlisted in the U.S. Army, participated in the Korean War and went through all the grades of noncommissioned officers to become "Chief Warrant Officer. Took his leave in 1988 and died a San Francisco nel 2008.[20]
Marino Barreto Junior (Cuba, 1925-Milano, 1971), cantante di origine cubana, fu il protagonista delle estati musicali italiane dagli anni 50 fino al 1962. Originario del territorio di Matanzas, nel 1943 fuggì di casa giovanissimo per arruolarsi nella Legione in quanto il padre lo voleva studiato dentista. Ferito in battaglia in Algeria, durante la convalescenza entrò a far parte della banda musicale della Legione a Sidi Bel Abbes. Giunse in Italia nel 1948. Ritornato a Cuba si laureò in lettere, ma dopo la presa del potere nel 1959 da parte di Fidel Castro, ritornò definitivamente in Italia. Morì nel 1971 di cirrosi epatica in un letto di corsia dell'ospedale Fatebenefratelli di Milano. Cantò: "La più bella del mondo", "Arrivederci" e "Un'anima tra le mani". Nel 1958 fu interprete di "Altagracia", il primo videoclip della storia musicale italiana.
Giuseppe Bottai
Dal 1946 agli anni sessanta [modifica]
Magenta, 6 giugno 2004. Ex legionari dell'ANIEL ripresi dopo la sfilata in ricordo della battaglia di Magenta. Penultimo a destra Federico Colombatto, il legionario più anziano d'Italia
Fulvio Cattaneo (Curno, 27 novembre 1927), ufficiale legionario a titolo straniero. Il 10 settembre del 1944 si arruolò in Francia nel 26º reggimento di fanteria delle Forze francesi interne dal quale fu congedato nell'agosto del 1945. Il 5 febbraio del 1946 entrò nella Legione combattendo Indo-China where he was promoted to the rank of sergeant, decorated with the Military Medal in 1953 and knighted in the Legion of Honor in 1961. On 1 January 1962 was promoted to lieutenant and as captain, was dismissed in 1972. In 1974 he became the director of "House of Legionnaires' of Auriol, a position he held until 1995. [21]
Christmas Campigotto (Lamon, 1930-1990). Ex-partisan nurses, under the name "Lucky", the battalion operating in Gherla Valsugana and Belluno in the Resistance. After the war he enlisted in the Legion fighting in Indochina. Arsenio
Boschetti "Korea" (class 1921) in Bolzano. He joined the Legion in 1947 with Benjamin Leoni and fought in Indochina [22].
Beniamino Leoni (Bolzano, 1924-11 settembre 2001). Volontario in Grecia durante la seconda guerra mondiale, partigiano nella Resistenza, autista di Tazio Nuvolari nel dopoguerra e minatore in Francia a Billy-Montigny. Il 9 maggio 1947 si arruolò nella Legione a Parigi. Trasferito a Sidi Bel Abbes per l'addestramento, nel dicembre fu inviato in Indocina per combattere contro la resistenza dei Viet Minh. Il 20 marzo 1948 disertò passando tra le file degli insorti combattendo contro i francesi. Terminata la guerra nel 1954, passò un anno in Cina, rientrato in Vietnam chiese e ottenne di essere riconsegnato ai francesi. Sottoposto alla Corte marziale a Saigon e accusato di "aiuto illegale" ai Viet Minh, Leoni fu condannato a un anno di carcere. Scontata the penalty and returned to the Legion in Sidi Bel Abbes was again sentenced to three months' hard labor and expelled from the body in disgrace in the spring of 1957. Leoni, in 1944, was an instructor in the extermination camp at Buchenwald, and knew of Hitler, and Leon Blum Mafalda di Savoia. It was decorated by President Sandro Pertini as a hero of the Resistance. [23] In
Bardi (1932-1989). He served in the Legion from 1949 to 1954 fighting in Indochina incorporated into the squadron LVT (Alligator amphibious tanks) of 1 regiment of cavalry (REC). In 1991 his memoirs were published in legionary "simplement des hommes."
Aubagne, in April 2009. The former sergeant Aldo Nebiolo, a volunteer from 1950 to '55 And now president dell'ANIEL Northwest, brings the glass case containing the relic of the wooden hand of Captain Danjou
Santunione Elio Della Casa said his experience as a legionnaire on line [24].
Henry (Ricu) Bottom of Zerba, a small town of Piacenza. At 8 years of age attempted to jump from the roof of the school Zerba using an umbrella as a parachute. In 1944 he joined the army as a volunteer of the Italian Social Republic of Salò. He was taken prisoner by the British. He joined the Foreign Legion and the firm ceased business activity undertaken in the processing of sugar. Mercenary in the Belgian Congo, until the return in Italy, where paradoxes of bureaucracy was called upon to fulfill military service, in Pisa in the paratroopers of the Folgore. His adventurous life has been described by Richard Finelli in "History of Italy. Journey in the smaller municipalities in each region", published by Editrice Incontri, in 2007.
Benito Recrosio Zampa born in Ronco Canavese and currently lives with his family in San Giorgio Canavese, a small town in the province of Turin. Legionnaire's first class has served in the 13 ^ DBLE 1957 to 1962 in Algeria. Subsequently he served in Italy in the military Folgore Brigade. Decorated with several honors, among which stand out the Cross of Military Valor Cross and volunteer fighters.
Antonio Sottosanti (Verpogliano of Gorizia (now Erpelle-Cosina) 1928-Piazza Armerina, 2004) detto "Nino il fascista". Giovane, si arruolò nella Legione straniera con il nome di Alfredo Solanti e fu inquadrato nell'ERA (Equipe Reinsegnement Action), una sorta di servizio segreto interno. Militante di estrema destra, si stabilì a Milano e tra il 1966 e il 1969 frequentò il circolo anarchico Ponte della Ghisolfa, ove conobbe il ferroviere Giuseppe Pinelli. Il 19 giugno 2000 il "Corriere della Sera" in un articolo ricostruì il ruolo di Sottosanti, che assomigliava fisicamente all'anarchico Pietro Valpreda, coinvolto nelle prime indagini su Piazza Fontana. Intervista a Sottosanti. [5]
Giampiero Vigilanti (classe 1930) di Prato. Nel 1948 si arruolò nella Legione. Nel 1954 partecipò alla guerra d'Indocina, ove catturato dagli insorti Viet Minh fu sepolto vivo in una buca. Sopravvisse nutrendosi di scarafaggi e fu liberato dopo una settimana dai camerati legionari. Rientrato in Italia si stabilì a Prato. Suo malgrado fu coinvolto nelle indagini relative agli assassini del Mostro di Firenze, ma fu completamente scagionato da ogni accusa. Ereditò da un parente americano una fortuna. La sua vita è stata narrata da Enrico Ruggeri in "Quante vite avrei voluto. 21 storie al bivio", edito da Rizzoli, nel 2007.
Giorgio Adamo Muzzati (classe 1932). Si arruolò nella Legione nel 1949. Combatté in Indocina ed entrò nell'Organisation armée secrète.
Andrea Funitto originario di Guglionesi nel Molise, ora abita in Paris. At the end of 1949 reached France and enlisted in the paratroopers of the Legion. After a training period in Sidi Bel Abbes in Algeria, in 1951 he was sent to Indochina, the French colony in Southeast Asia devastated by the guerrillas organized by the Viet Minh who fought for independence. Promoted to the rank of sergeant, he participated in numerous acts of war and captured by the Viet succeeded, after a daring escape, to return to the ranks of the Legion. In 1953 he returned to Algeria where he took part in actions against local guerrillas. After his period of detention, in 1955 he settled in Paris, France. His adventure legionary was recently described by Domenico Vinegar in "Legionnaires in Indochina," published by MURS in 2006 [25]. Julio
Lostraco (Bugnara, 1911-Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, 2005). He joined the Legion, serving between 1949 and 1960 in Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Indochina and Madagascar in the 1st, 6th, 3rd and 5th REI. It was decorated with the Cross of the Medal Colonial fighter and the Far East. Jean
Daprai (Rovereto, September 22, 1929), painter. After attending the Academy of Brera and the School of Sacred Arts in Milan in 1949, he enlisted in the Legion Daprai remaining there until 1954. He settled in Paris he continued his artistic career. [26] Derin
Zecchini (degrees of Spilimbergo, 1929), former communist partisan Friuli. In 1950 he joined in the Foreign Legion. He served in Algeria and Indochina, where he deserted in 1951 to go with the Viet Minh guerrillas. He returned to Italy in 1957. He told his adventure in the book: "Behind the Bamboo Curtain. From Resistance to Viet Minh. Diary 1946-1958," edited by Sabrina Benussi which was published in 2006.
Charles Maran (San Giorgio di Nogaro, 24 February 1921-2000). Sailor embarked on a destroyer took part in the Second World War. He emigrated to France in 1950 he worked as a miner in Maricourt. On December 12, 1951 he enlisted in the Legion in Paris. Moved to Sidi Bel Abbes was then in Meknes, Morocco, for basic training. In May 1952 he was sent to Indochina to fight the Viet Minh insurgents framed in the 2nd RE. He participated in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, where he was interned for four months caught in a prison camp. Released September 10, 1954 he returned to Algeria. In March of 1955 attempted desertion, but surprised, he was tried and expelled from the Legion. Returned after two years, he emigrated to Germany as a bricklayer. His adventure legionary was described by Giorgio Coianiz in "The Foreign Legion. Friulano 1954 a hell of Dien Bien Phu", published by Aven in November 2007.
Charles Church (born 1936) Caorso. At a very young age he enlisted in the Legion cheating registry and there he served for eight years. He fought against the rebels in Algeria and Indochina in the war against the Viet Minh. Mercenary in the Congo in the sixties, Charles Church has been fighting for seven years in the pay of Colonel Bob Denard and the Belgian Jean Schramm. It was widely interviewed in 1972 by Enzo Biagi, journalist for the television service RAI: \u200b\u200bSoldiers of misfortune.
Bettazzi Giovanni (Rome, September 23, 1930) joined the Legion in January 1952. Assigned to the paratroopers of the 1st BEP was sent to Indochina and participated in the battle of Dien Bien Phu is distinguished for the gallant conduct during the defense of the landmark "Eliane 3-4. Wounded, was captured May 7, 1954 after the fall of Dien Bien Phu and forced a march of 45 days in the jungle. Achieved in the same year the garrison Sidi Bel Abbes, participated in the war of Algeria. He was discharged in January 1957. Decorated Knight of the Legion of Honor, the Military Medal, the Cross of War TOE with 4 citations, of which the order of the army, the Military Valor Cross, the Cross of Wounded, the Cross of volunteer fighters, and two quotations collective order of the army, is considered the Italian legionnaire with more military decorations.
Salierno Julius, a former neo-fascist, who was sentenced to life imprisonment and researcher. Born in Rome in 1935, was involved in 18 years in incidents of political violence and common, wanted in Italy, took refuge in the Legion in 1953. Arrested in Algeria in 1954, was extradited to Italy. Released in 1968 and rehabilitated, he led the fight against mental hospitals and institutions in total, and, with other politicians, including Umberto Terracini, promoted the reform of the prison system. He is the author of: The spiral of violence, De Donato, Bari 1969; Prison in Italy (in coll.), Einaudi, 1971; The underclass in Italy, Savelli, Roma 1972; Autobiography of a fascist thug, Einaudi, 1976; The Violence in Italy, Mondadori, 1980; The carcass of the time (in coll.) Pelicans, Rome 1988; hanging. Stories of thieves, prostitutes, robbers, the Camorra, Einaudi, 2001. She worked for the National Research Council and has been Professor of Sociology at the University of Teramo. He died in 2006 [27]. Trombino
Vincenzo (1930-1999) of Cagliari. A former seminarian, in 1956 he enlisted in the Legion and fighting in Algeria was decorated with the Cross of Valor. He subsequently had to lose track of himself and not giving information to your family, to the point that in 2002 was at the center of the TV show "Chi l'ha visto?" Rai 3. He died in 1999 in Puyloubier, in Provence, in the home-admission of former legionaries [28]. Paul
Fantelli. At the age of 18 he enlisted in the Legion and was classified at the paratroopers of the 1st REP. He was a member of the Organisation armée secrète Delta Group 21, the secret military organization that was opposed by force the independence of Algeria France. Captured by the French police was sentenced to two years in prison. In 1964 he returned to Italy. Interview with Paul Fantelli. [6]
Sauro Del Dotto (born 1939) of Viareggio, where he lives now, married with two daughters and three grandchildren. From 1957 to 1962 he enlisted in the Legion that fought in the war of Algeria. From 1988 to 1992 he was enrolled at the journalists and publicists working with magazines and local newspapers. The passion for reading and storytelling led him to write the novel "The rats of the motorway," published in 2006, and "Escape from the Sahara", published by The Wharf in 2008 which recounts his adventure legionary born to exit from conformity to rebellion and to remove the problems of everyday life "[29].
Luciano Sanson (born 1939) said" Africa "of Feltham. At 19 years of age he enlisted in the Legion in Marseilles. He served in the paratroopers from 1958 to 1964, under the name of Luciano Dalida, Algeria, Somalia, Tunisia, Madagascar, Congo and was decorated with "The Two Palms" and the Cross for bravery. In the spring of 1961 he participated in the coup by General Raoul Salan warp Algiers, contrary to the independence of ' Algeria, with the intention to depose General Charles de Gaulle, an opponent of the coup by the military occupation of Paris. In the interview with Luciano Sanson 2006. [7] Vittorio
Tresto, enlisted in 1958 in Sidi Bel Abbes has percorso tutti i gradi dell'esercito francese congedandosi negli anni novanta come generale di divisione. Dal 1987 al 1989 con il grado tenente colonnello è stato comandante del 3° REI in Guyana.
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Giustino De Vuono (classe 1940), originario di un paesino, Scigliano, della provincia di Cosenza. Combattente nella Legione, dalla quale sembra essere stato espulso per atti di violenza, è stato un malavitoso vicino alla Ndrangheta calabrese operativa a Milano. Con precedenti penali per rapina e per un doppio tentato omicidio, nel 1975 fu implicato nel rapimento di Carlo Saronio, un giovane simpatizzante dell'Autonomia operaia deceduto poi durante la prigionia, e nel caso del sequestro dell'onorevole Aldo Moro.[30]
Domenico (Dominique) Barbaro (Napoli, 1951-Avignone, 21 novembre 2008).
Arruolatosi a 17 anni d'età, percorse tutte i gradi dei sottufficiali fino a raggiungere quello di capitano presso il 1° REC di Orange. Nominato nel 2000 cavaliere dell'Ordine nazionale al merito, fu anche insignito della medaglia d'oro della Difesa nazionale e presso il 1° REC ricoprì l'incarico di direttore tecnico del centro equestre. Il capitano Barbaro prestò servizio per 35 anni e si congedò nel 2005[31].
Renzo Pampalon (classe 1950), padovano di origine, laureato in Scienze Politiche. Legionario in Corsica negli anni settanta at the Operational Group of the Legion (GOLE) participated, inter alia, interventions in the Comoros (Mayotte) and Djibouti. He founded a school of survival in Molina di Ledro, called "Born to live," generally seen as a training ground for young middle-class of Trent, whose headquarters was destroyed by arson in May 1993. In the same year the court of Trento plucked his arrest because it was considered involved in the project which involved the occupation of the coup headquarters of RAI Saxa Rubra in Rome. On 3 June 1994 he was arrested in France, Draguignan, following an international arrest warrant issued on February 24, 1994 by a court in Rome for international traffic armi (elicotteri MI 8/ MI 10 Taurus, gas Somovac e RPG) oltre al colpo di stato. L'8 marzo 2001 la Corte di Appello di Roma ha pronunziato la sentenza assolutoria per non aver commesso il fatto, in ordine a tutti i capi d'accusa.[32]
Guglielo Sinigaglia (Giulianova, 1953). Si arruolò nella Legione il 5 novembre del 1975 con il nome di Sinotto, matricola nr. 155666. Disertò l'8 agosto 1976 dal 4° RE di Castelnaudary. Fu condannato dalla magistratura militare francese per diserzione a otto mesi di carcere e amnistiato il 4 agosto 1981. È stato coinvolto nelle indagini per la strage di Ustica, del 27 giugno 1980, che causò la morte di 81 passeggeri del DC9 dell'Itavia caduto misteriosamente in mare.[33]
Giampietro Mariga (Spinea, 1950?). A former militant of the New Order he joined the Legion in 1975.
Emilio They (Parma, 1939-Milan, 2000) researcher and sports. He graduated in biology worked with the CNR. He worked with the researcher Jacques Costeau in Marseille. Enlisted in the Legion was incorporated into the 2 ° REP in Bonifacio in Corsica. Physical education teacher in Milan, he won two Italian titles as coach of American football [34].
Danilo Pagliaro (born 1957) of Venice. Enlisted in early 1990 he served in the 13th DBLE in Djibouti. Decorated with the Gold Medal of the French National Defense currently provides service at 1 REC to Orange as brigadier chef in charge of diving services of the regiment.
Paul Simon (born 1971) of Genoa. Former member of the San Marco regiment of the Italian Navy, he enlisted in the Legion serving with the 4th and 6th RE REG. Since 1998, and 'used as a deminer of minefields for humanitarian organizations in Angola in 1997, Kosovo in 1999, Afghanistan. In 2003 he began working as a bodyguard in Iraq. In 2004 he was in Iraq colleague Fabrizio Quattrocchi, a private security guard, who was later assassinated by Islamist insurgents of the "Phalange of Muhammad."
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