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Caterina and Sergio Scaroni recall the liberation of Italy and the 75th Anniversary of Victory Day in Europe.
"I was living and still do in the same house, which dates back to 1640," he said holding up a 1900s era photograph to the computer camera.
One of his vivid memories is how people cheered with joy after the column of tanks with Soldiers entered the town. He also remembered the tasted chocolate he missed after a long time without it.
"Next to the house there was the stable, but it was empty at the end of the war because everything had been plundered. Americans moved a big truck there and used it as a field kitchen. Some 50 Soldiers slept in the big attic, while nine officers found room in three bedrooms located on the first floor," Scaroni explained.
"The next morning, breakfast was provided to the Soldiers and one of them ate a whole pan of fried eggs," he added.
Throughout the years, his relationship with Americans became stronger. His daughter married an Army officer from Caserma Ederle in 1992.
Scaroni has been to the United States several times with his wife, Caterina. In 2005, he visited the American Cemetery in Florence with his son-in-law. Since then, he regularly visits each Memorial Day to pay a tribute to the Soldiers who "came from a free and democratic nation to fight for our freedom and democracy."
| Date Taken: | 04.27.2020 |
| Date Posted: | 05.20.2020 05:27 |
| Category: | Interviews |
| Video ID: | 752743 |
| VIRIN: | 200427-A-MG761-260 |
| Filename: | DOD_107815820 |
| Length: | 00:26:55 |
| Location: | IT |
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