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Captain Luigi Giorgi (7 September 1913 – 7 May 1945)〔(Ministero della Difesa - Ricerca notizie sulle sepolture dei Caduti in Guerra )〕 was an Italian soldier of World War II, the only one to receive two Gold Medals in the Italian Campaign and one of very few non-Americans to receive the Silver Star. ==Biography== After qualifying as an accountant, Giorgi volunteered for military service and was admitted as a cadet to the Palermo military school in 1935. The following year he was promoted to the rank of ''Aspirante Ufficiale'' (Acting 2nd Lieutenant). Assigned to the ''21º Reggimento Fanteria'', after being commissioned as a ''Sottotenente'' (2nd Lieutenant) he was transferred to the Regio Esercito medical school in Florence until he was demobilized in 1937. He was recalled to active duty two years later. When Italy entered World War II (1940), he was serving in the ''21º Reggimento Fanteria'' attached to the "Cremona" Division where he would stay for the duration of hostilities. In the meantime he rose in rank, being promoted to ''Tenente'' in January 1940, to ''Capitano'' in January 1942 and to leader of the 3rd ''Compagnia Fucilieri'' (Rifle Company) in 1943. On 8 September 1943 he was in Corsica and he participated in the heavy fighting against the Germans. Italian troops, led by General Clemente Primieri, eventually managed to oust their former allies from the island. The "Cremona" Division was later moved to Sardinia for garrison duties. Giorgi remained a member of it when it was turned into the ''Gruppo di Combattimento'' Cremona (part of the Italian Co-Belligerent Army). He was noted for being an officer with "a strong personality and ascendancy over his men".〔A. Boldrini, ''Diario di Bulow'', Vangelista, Milano, 1985, p.281.〕 In March 1945, Captain Giorgi took part in operations in the Comacchio area as commander of the 3rd Company of the reformed ''21° Reggimento Fanteria'', operating on the far right of the British Eighth Army. It was here that he earned his first Gold Medal for two courageous actions: leading two volunteers, he captured a well-defended German stronghold near Chiavica Pedone (on the left bank of the Reno river) and the following night, he rescued a badly wounded partisan (Menotti Conti, 1925–1959) who was lying in a minefield. He was decorated "in the field" on 6 March at Ravenna, in the presence of the highest Allied military authorities in Italy: Field Marshal Harold Alexander, General Sir Richard McCreery and General Charles Keightley. During the offensive that would lead to the final breakdown of German and Fascist forces in Italy, Giorgi took command of a small group of soldiers and attacked a withdrawing convoy. The action resulted in the capture of 80 Germans and of the materiel which the trucks were transporting. He was seriously wounded by shellfire between 26 and 27 April while he was trying to free two fellow servicemen from the rubble of a destroyed emplacement near Croce di Cavarzere. Admitted to the 66th British Field Hospital in Ferrara, he died ten days later. He received a posthumous second Gold Medal and also a US Silver Star, awarded for "exceptional acts of valor". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Luigi Giorgi (soldier)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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