INFORMATION NEEDED!
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We are looking for photos of DSC recipients. Please help!
dear friends,
during the invasion of Sicily in July 1943 many men were killed in battle (both enemy and frienly fire), they were buried in the temporary American cemetery GELA (on the road Gela to Caltagirone and opposite the Ponte Olivo airfield)..
I am collecting information about this cemetery for a possible book
who ever visited this temporary cemetery who may have information about burials in this cemetery who attended burials in this cemetery who delivered remains to this cemerery
am also looking for pictures of this cemetery
any information is more than welcome, thank you
greetings from overseas
Jan Bos Dukaatstraat 5
6532 RE Nijmegen Holland
dear friends,
see message below, my friend Giovanni DiQuattro is living in southern Sicily and is looking for information about German radar instatallations in southern Sicily, perhaps you landed there by parachute on either 9 or 11 July 1943, can you help, perhaps you may have pictures of the installations ?? thank you
greetings from overseas
Jan Bos Dukaatstraat 5
6532 RE Nijmegen Holland
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Hello Jan, how are you? I hope well.
I don't remember if I have already talked to you about the very secret Radar Disturb Centre placed at Testa dell'Acqua, a place near Noto (province of Syracuse). This Centre was named CD1 and it was a German installation
(probably of Luftwaffe). Another Radar Disturb Centre was at Contrada Zaccaria (the same place where crashed the California Comet...), but we know many things about this Centre: we know only very few things about the Centre of Testa dell'Acqua, instead. All these two centres (or centers?) had to disturb the radars of Malta. At Testa dell'Acqua there are still many rests (in good conditions) of buildings, railways for radar antennas, underground refuges, artillery platforms and many buildings that we don't understand what they were... Could you see if among your friends or your contacts there is someone who knows something about this place?
Thank you
Ciao
dear friends,
was checking the internet and found this entry. Seems that the German Luftwaffe dropped American dollar banknotes, who remembers this and if so, who may have such a banknote(s), pictures are welcome, backside of the note had text:
This was the entry: On July 9, 1943, the Allies invaded Sicily. On July 14th, a copy of a banknote coded 1/5 was found in an open field three miles north of Gela by Corporal Stan Swizenski of the 5th Field Artillery Battalion of the 1st Infantry Division.
Code I/5: The Anglo-American bombers have descended on our cities, destroying private property, historical art, churches, hospitals and schools. They hope to oppress the spirit of Italian resistance. They amuse their honored allies the Bolsheviks, who have massacred the old, women, children, priests and sisters of charity, with only one purpose, the elimination of every sound principle of morals and religion. Italians, we will resist at any cost to save our religion and country with a fascist victory.
greetings from overseas
Jan Bos Dukaatstraat 5
6532 RE Nijmegen Holland
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