The homage of Pisa to the major Gian Paolo Gamerra – Chronicle
Gian Paolo Gamerra, who fell near Stagno on 9 September 1943 with eight fellow soldiers, in a clash with the Germans in Tombolo. At the ceremony, organized by the Municipality and the section of Pisa Nicola Ciardelli of Anarti, the Artiglieri Association, in collaboration with Anpi, the Presidium Command and the …
Gian Paolo Gamerra, who fell near Stagno on 9 September 1943 with eight fellow soldiers, in a clash with the Germans in Tombolo. The civil authorities (including Dr. Alessandra Petronelli, in collaboration with Anpi, the Presidium Command and the Parachuting Center representation of the prefect Giuseppe Castaldo), military, weapon and partisan associations. The Artiglieri Association was represented by the national president Gen. Pierluigi Genta, welcomed by the regional delegate Andrea Breschi and by the presidents of other Tuscan sections, with their respective standards (including that of the Livorno Section, headed by Gamerra himself). In front of the cemetery, around the bronze monument, the work of the sculptor Alessandro Caetani and donated by the Partisans Association, the ceremony took place with the interventions of the mayor Conti, Major Roberto Congiu, representing the commander of the Paratroopers Center Col. Gianni Copponi , the President of the Anpi Bruno Possenti and the garrison commander and commander of the 46th Air Brigade General Alessandro De Lorenzo. After the prayer and blessing given by the parish priest of Riglione Don Roberto Canale, the official opening was given by General Pier Luigi Genta, who exalted his sense of duty and that of the other 8 gunners, whose names were uttered one by one. one. The ceremony was coordinated by Riccardo Buscemi, vice president of the municipal council and president of the Pisa Section of the Artiglieri Association. After the deposition, the reading prepared by the Gamerra school students, did not present the thoughts of the crown and reasons for caution at Covid. “In agreement with the mayor – said Buscemi – we will collect these documents in a publication by the Municipality”.
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