soc.history.war.misc

My feeling is that Gino Done, like Che Guevara, was born one century
too late--an 18th-century revolutionary born in the 19th-century.

"Dovunque saremo, col=E0 sar=E0 Roma." (Wherever we may be, there will be
Rome) Giuseppe Garibaldi, 30 June 1849, last speech to the Assembly of
the Roman Republic [G. M. Trevelyan, "Garibaldi's Defence of the Roman
Republic," Longmans, London (1907) p. 227]

"Ma vinceremo di certo; andremo a Roma!" (But we will certainly win;
we will go to Rome), Last words of Giovanni Cairoli, 11 september
1869. [Michele Rosi, "I Cairoli," L. Capelli Ed., Bologna (1929) p.
224]
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http://www.radiohc.cu/ingles/noticias/marzo08/marzo27/cuba6.htm

Italian Revolutionary Gino Done Paro Dies

Havana, March 27 (RHC-Granma)--Gino Done Paro, an Italian
revolutionary who was among the expeditionaries of the yacht Granma,
died in Italy on March 22 at the age of 83. He was born near Venice on
May 18, 1924.

After finishing high school he joined the Italian army participating
in World War II. In 1943, he became a "partisan" (guerrilla) fighting
against German fascism.

Twice he was imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps, managing to
escape once. The second time he was freed by the Soviet Army in German
territory.

In 1949, Gino arrived to Cuba for the first time at the southeastern
port of Manzanillo, deciding to stay on the island. In 1951, he took
up residence in Havana where he worked as a carpenter and other
trades.

He worked on the construction of the Cienfuegos-Trinidad road where he
met the young Cuban revolutionary Norma Turino whom he married in
1954. Through his wife he linked up to the 26th of July Movement.

In 1955 and 1956 he participated in different actions and activities
of the Movement in that region of the country. On the orders of
Faustino Perez he traveled to Mexico in mid-1956.

Gino immediately became one of the future members of the Granma
expedition. Under the orders of Fidel he carried out missions to
transfer correspondence and propaganda between Cuba and Mexico.

On the Granma, he held the rank of First Lieutenant of one of the
squads of the platoon led by Raul Castro. After the battle of Alegria
de Pio, which broke the dictatorships siege, he returned to Santa
Clara and joined the clandestine struggle.

In 1957 he went into exile, maintaining a position in defense of the
revolution wherever he went.

He was known for his great modesty, simplicity and discretion. Until
the last moments of his life he maintained a total loyalty to the
Cuban revolution and Fidel.

The funeral service takes place Thursday at 3:00 p.m. in the city of
Mestre, Italy. He will be cremated.