"Alpini" WWI on the Austrian border

guns3545 · 08-04-2014, 02:56 PM

Sergio,

Thank you. This brought back some memories!! Not of WWI, of course, but of the Alpini and Bersagliere. In the early 60s, I commanded a Special Weapons Detachment attached to the Italian Army's Third Missile Brigade (Tertia Brigata Missili). We operated in the North; in areas where many WWI battles were fought. Alpini units provided much of our security and occasionally we would exercise with the Bersaglieri.

Lots of good memories, great meals at 5-7,000 feet up in the Alps, and liters of great wine and Cafe Correcto consumed.

Saluti,

John

08-04-2014, 02:56 PM	#1
guns3545 Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 438 Thanks: 661 Thanked 493 Times in 219 Posts	Sergio, Thank you. This brought back some memories!! Not of WWI, of course, but of the Alpini and Bersagliere. In the early 60s, I commanded a Special Weapons Detachment attached to the Italian Army's Third Missile Brigade (Tertia Brigata Missili). We operated in the North; in areas where many WWI battles were fought. Alpini units provided much of our security and occasionally we would exercise with the Bersaglieri. Lots of good memories, great meals at 5-7,000 feet up in the Alps, and liters of great wine and Cafe Correcto consumed. Saluti, John