European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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set the firegun in place, pointed at where we'd told him,
set the firegun in place, pointed at where we'd told him,
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put the bomb into the mortar and after the "cim cim tac"
put the bomb into the mortar and after the "cim cim tac"
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they'd disappeared, we didn't hear anyone any longer.
they'd disappeared, we didn't hear anyone any longer.
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He must have hit them.
He must have hit them.
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So we came out and there was nothing left.
So we came out and there was nothing left.
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We said goodbye to the Americans
We said goodbye to the Americans
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and went back to Reggio Emilia where we arrived at midnight.
and went back to Reggio Emilia where we arrived at midnight.
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We put our stuff down and after a while a guy came in
We put our stuff down and after a while a guy came in
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and told us there was someone looking for Francesco. "Who is Francesco?"
and told us there was someone looking for Francesco. "Who is Francesco?"
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I heard it but needed a while to understand as i was called "Volpe" since month ...
I heard it but needed a while to understand as i was called "Volpe" since month ...
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"There is a man looking for Francesco."
"There is a man looking for Francesco."
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I went out ... it was my father.
I went out ... it was my father.
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We had never coped well because he was very strict but then we hugged.
We had never coped well because he was very strict but then we hugged.
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He had looked for me a lot, he told me.
He had looked for me a lot, he told me.
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They told him I was there but he believed they were saying so because I was dead.
They told him I was there but he believed they were saying so because I was dead.
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"Come on, we're here, let's go!" and then he said:
"Come on, we're here, let's go!" and then he said:
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"Now I'm going home, I tell your relatives and then you come home and eat with us".
"Now I'm going home, I tell your relatives and then you come home and eat with us".
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Yes, sure, eating with them, they didn't even have food to eat for themselves!
Yes, sure, eating with them, they didn't even have food to eat for themselves!
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Everything took a good end.
Everything took a good end.
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Anyway, I left my father and the head of my unit, "Falco", told me:
Anyway, I left my father and the head of my unit, "Falco", told me: