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I told him we should agree on a plan: “I’ll go ahead and come back.
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If I don’t feel like walking back all the way I’ll whistle. That means the way is clear.
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If by any chance I see an enemy unit and can’t make it back or alert you about the danger,
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I don’t care if I have to shoot myself in the stomach, as I kept the gun around my waist.
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They won’t see it the way I’m carrying it. At least I can warn you by firing a shot. That’s the only reason I’m carrying the gun”.
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He asked me if I was crazy, and I replied I wasn’t: “Don’t you realize I’m responsible for three units?”
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I’m telling you this to show how reliable we were in our duties, how responsible we felt.
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I wasn’t the only one: all the women who were taking care of these duties were ready to face danger.
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We went on working like this.
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At a certain point there were around thirty of us. Then they split us into two groups.
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One group took care of political campaigning with the population to gain support,
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while we went on doing our usual tasks.
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On the 25th of April I was at the brigade headquarters. I was told to get my unit ready to go back.
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We had all been waiting impatiently for that moment.
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I had been in the mountains for nine months, away from my family.
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I had taught a woman who worked in a restaurant in Vetto the way to my house.
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Once a week, when she went to Reggio to buy supplies, she’d bring me news about my family and give them mine.
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I was at the end of my strength.
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It was because of the way we lived, the shortage of food, the lack of vitamins.
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My legs hurt so much that before I went somewhere, I had to warm up like horses do before they run.
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