European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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We had started shooting because one of our comrades had run away
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as the truck came in the courtyard. His name was Francia.
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Instead of coming inside the barn, he ran towards the fields and was shot dead as well.
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They had shot one of our men, and that’s why we had to shoot back.
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We ended up killing all those who were inside the truck.
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At night we went back there to collect Fiorello’s body.
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They were waiting for us during the day.
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We wrapped him up in a piece of cloth and took him to the cemetery of Codemondo
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where he had his family tomb, then celebrated his funeral amongst us.
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Using a bazooka
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We also tried to use the bazooka. It was something new for us.
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But Fiorello was a genius regarding these matters. He looked at it and examined it,
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and one day he told us he wanted to try it on the road to Cavriago.
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I bent down and he put the bazooka on my shoulder to manoeuvre it.
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He fired as a truck went by. That was 6 kg of explosive. The truck went off the road…
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That was also part of our struggle…
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Mines against the cavalry
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The Germans could not use armoured vehicles and tanks around the mountains,
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as we had blown up all the bridges.
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So they didn’t succeed when they repeatedly tried to surround the mountains.
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