33 years ago the battle of Checkpoint Pasta in Mogadiscio, LaRussia e Fontana omaggiano i caduti italiani “Example of courage and fidelity”

ROMA (ITALPRESS) – “Today the 33rd anniversary of the tragic battle occurred at the Checkpoint Pasta di Mogadiscio. The sacrifice of the Lieutenant Andrea Millevoi, the Sergeant Major Stefano Paolicchi and the Corporal Pasquale Baccaro remains for Italy an imperituous example of courage, the highest sense of duty and absolute fidelity to the Homeland”. He writes in a Facebook post the President of the Senate, Ignazio LaRussia.

“At thirty-three years from the battle of Checkpoint Pasta, we remember the Lieutenant Andrea Millevoi, the Sergeant Major Stefano Paolicchi and the Corporal Pasquale Baccaro, fallen during the peace mission in Somalia. Their courage and sacrifice will always remain in the memory of the country, as a testimony of sense of duty and love for Italy. To their families and all the wounded soldiers, including Lieutenant Colonel Gianfranco Paglia, awarded the Gold Medal to the Military Valor, I address my sincere closeness.” So the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Lorenzo Fontana.

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