Pietro Micheletti | |
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Born | October 19, 1900 Maciano di Pennabilli, Italy |
Died | March 25, 2005 Maciano di Pennabilli, Italy |
(aged 105)
Allegiance | Italy |
Service/branch | Italian Army |
Years of service | 1917–1925 |
Rank | Major |
Battles/wars | World War I Fiume's War |
Awards | Military Cross Ordine di Vittorio Veneto Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic |
Other work | farmer manager |
Pietro Micheletti was born in Pennabilli in 1900 from an ancient family of Marche moved here in 1500 from Sicily, where in the nobility enjoyed Trapani.
Second of three brothers in the aftermath of military defeats of the Italian Army, volunteered in 1917 to the frontlines, where in the body of arrual 'Arditi'; immediately be sent to border battle June 15, 1918 Piave is the October 1918 orders Pietro Badoglio is the line of war that Vittorio Veneto in a few days i took counted among the liberation of Italy.
Awarded medals for bravery to the deeds performed during some fierce battles at the end of the war following the commander of his battalion at the War Office, where he held executive positions at the Department of Defense.
In December 1919, AFR entered the military commission to negotiate the surrender of Gabriele D'Annunzio from Fiume.
In 1958 the Italian President, appointed him Knight of the Order of Vittorio Veneto; in October 2000 the Council of the Marche Region to celebrate its one hundred years gives him the Cross of the Council of the Marche Region.
On November 29, 2003 the City of Pennabilli, because of services rendered to the nation during the First World War, the keys of the City of honor as previously made only with the Dalai Lama. In April 2004 the Governor of the Province of Pesaro and Urbino, lists him among those who paid tribute to the land of Pesaro and Urbino and presents "a province of apifarfalle.
On June 2, 2005 President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi: "noted the heroic deeds performed by Cav. Pietro Micheletti during the First World War and provided meritorious work in the interest of the Nation "welcomed the request made by the Prime Minister - Cav. Silvio Berlusconi - was appointed Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic; He died March 25, 2005.