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Written by Pacifico Cofrancesco
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Thursday, 18 September 2008 |
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And the story starts...
When Umberto was called to arms on 26 May 1940 he was 29 years old. He was born on 4 March 1911 in San Lorenzello, Province of Benevento, the son of Lorenzo Cofrancesco and Filomena Romanelli.
Umberto Cofrancesco as a young man
Umberto had six brothers; Vincenzo, Giuseppe, Luigi, Silvio, Antonio, and Alfonso. Several of them were destined to serve in the Italian army.
Like his father Lorenzo and his brothers, Umberto was a farmer. He had attended school until the forth grade, and knew how to read and write rather well. It was not married and despite his young age, had already been in another war.
Lorenzo Cofrancesco, father of Umberto,
in a photo taken in Philaphelphia
on a visit to the USA
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