Act of gratitude: Italian family returns lost dog tag, salutes Peñasco GI’s sacrifice at Anzio.

2015-11-14T20:02:53-05:00

I simply love these human interest stories. This is another great story about a boy finding a WWII dog tag, while snorkeling with his family from near, Anzio, which is now Torre Astura. Now, For The Rest Of The Story:
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It was a warm, brilliant day in early August when Edoardo Sed, snorkeling with his family off the Italian west coast near Torre Astura, spied a shiny object in the clear waters of the Tyrrhenian Sea.

Diving to the tantalizing glint, the 11-year-old retrieved a 2-inch-long stainless steel tag. Stamped into the tag was the name Esquipula A. Roybal, a series of numbers and letters, the soldier’s next of kin, and a mailing address in Peñasco, N.M.

Thus began a monthslong quest by Edoardo and his mother, Veronica Limoni, to return the soldier’s amazingly well-preserved dog tag to his family some 5,800 miles away.

The search started in Rome, detoured to Birmingham, Mich., bounced to Albuquerque, then to Taos and, finally, to the small town of Peñasco in north central New Mexico.

http://www.abqjournal.com/675199/news/italian-family-returns-lost-dog-tag-salutes-pentildeasco-gis-sacrifice-at-anzio.html

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Italian family returns lost dog tag, salutes Peñasco GI's sacrifice at Anzio

Response by CSM Charles Hayden made Nov 14 at 2015 8:16 PM

2015-11-14T20:16:26-05:00

Touching story. SGT Private RallyPoint Member

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 14 at 2015 8:28 PM

2015-11-14T20:28:50-05:00

Nice story bro! CSM Charles Hayden SGT Private RallyPoint Member