A Brief History

My father, Jim Stevens, as one of the soldiers of the 601st Tank Destroyers, was on active duty for the entire engagement of the North African Campaign and The European Theater of Operations in WWII - for over 4 years. He experienced 546 days of actual combat. While he fought at the Kasserine Pass and El Guettar in North Africa and then in France and Germany, it is the Italian Campaign that I have chosen to focus on. Jim has often said that he would have liked to return to Italy. For him it would have been a ritual journey allowing him to reconcile the brutality of the war he fought with the people, culture, beauty and history of the country that he also experienced. At 91, he cannot take that journey so I am taking it for him.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Corfinio


As we strolled the streets I imagined Alexander, Anna and little Rena doing so, so many years ago. This town was standing long before they lived here and from the looks of it, will be here for years to come. In the early evening many generations gathered in the piazza and strolled the streets with a nod and a buonasera for us.

Pictures to come with a faster internet speed.

BYW, no internet translater in the world can help if you can't get the internet :)
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  1. kmeOctober 13, 2011 at 10:22 AM

    Love your descriptions! It sounds like a scene from a movie.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 16, 2011 at 5:29 AM

    I love the picture of Rome at night!

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