soc.history.war.misc

It seems that I am the one who is off by a century. I meant to write
"a 19th-century revolutionary born in the 20th-century."

On Mar 31, 11:44=A0pm, Dom wrote:
> 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.