European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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They did the first drop at Lama Golese and there we were expecting it.
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But the English made a mistake,
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they were supposed to do their drop in Modena but did so at our place instead:
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they'd set up a triangle with fires, the plane turned around and around and eventually did their dropthere.
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They dropped four Bren machine guns and 130 other machine guns.
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In our group were about fourty people, so we had far enough weapons.
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Later on a local guy came and took all the surplus weapons and brought them away.
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"Frigio" wrote right things about this episode, that the arms ...
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I knew the weapons because I'd served in Yugoslavia,
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I learned to handle them all, all kinds of weapons, antitank cannon, mortar,
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I opened them, cleaned them,
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taught the younger ones how to use them and how to keep them in good condition.
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In Lama Golese there was a non-accessible power unit
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and some charcoal makers’ huts and we went there.
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We slaughtered a cow to eat it and I taught them to put it into the water to preserve it.
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The water of the river was freezing cold so it could be preserved for about twenty days,
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cut into pieces. There was some mud on top of it but it was good, anyway.
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Many people didn't know what to do because there was no fridge, no dishes.
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We were eating on a rock, nothing more than some polenta.
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We were able to do it because we were young, if I'd do this now at my age I'd die in one week.
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