Giuseppe Scaglione

Military campaign in North Africa

 Giuseppe "Pinot" Scaglione (1916-2010) tells episode of his youth in Santo Stefano, and his work as a peasant with his father Belbo. In 1940, he joined the army and participated as a soldier in the military campaign in North Africa. In 1943 he is captured by the American force and imprisoned in Detroit where he remained until 1945. He went back to Italy in September 1945. He remembers his comrade-in-arms, general Rommel and Graziani.

The interview is in Piedmontese.

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Country: IT

Region: Piemonte

City: Santo Stefano Belbo

District: CN

Altitude: 170m s.l.m.

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Giuseppe Scaglione

Year: 1916
City: Santo Stefano Belbo
School: Primary
Profession: Farmer
Languages: piemontese

Document by: Andrea Icardi
Video by: Andrea Icardi, Franco Ceretto
Created: 10-06-2008

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