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First allied air-drop

We heard there was an airplane flying back and forth.

So we made a triangle with three stacks of fascines.

That was the code word, and we set in on fire.

The airplane was flying in a large circle of quite a few kilometres.

When they noticed the triangle they launched the parachute.

It was a remarkable air-drop.

Afterwards the comrades from Modena came to us saying they wanted the weapons.

We shared the guns with them, since there were 130-140 machine guns.

We were only around forty or fifty and had more than we needed.

From that day, the air-drops continued.

Without fear; trust in the partisans

Quite frankly, I didn’t feel in danger because I hadn’t been in the military.

I also had a lot of trust in the partisans.

I found myself in that house with this Russian,

who was a captain and was smoking cigarettes with ease.

So I was in no doubt that things would go well.

I didn’t even think I could be killed, that was the problem:

I trusted the partisans and was really calm.

Afterwards, by the time things had changed and I also had military functions,