Silver King
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My grandmother was from Calabria . On my dad's side they were from Avalino. My uncle parachuted on top of the 16th Panzer Division at Avalino with the 509th Parachute Infantry Bn. to relieve the Salerno Beachhead. No ****, oo it up. I met one of his friends who landed right in amongst a group of German tanks in their night time position, they just tackled him and took him prisoner. https://www.historynet.com/the-darkest-valley-paratroopers-in-italy/My Mother was born in Calabria, about 200 miles South of Lake Como....