I can imagine what the mother must have felt. The only thing tha tis worse than to lose a child is to lose more than one. The grieve must have been unbearable for these mothers no matter their nationality.

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Last week I met a man who had to be close to 90 years old. He was working as a carousel operator and we were his only customers. He brought up having worked for Martin Marietta after the War and I asked him if he had served. He told me that he had failed the physical and worked in industry during the War but that he lost a brother and a cousin to WWII. The pain in his eyes was as real today as it must have been 63+ years ago.

It got me to thinking that the suffering of siblings often must have lasted far longer than the suffering of parents or spouses who lost their loved ones in the War. I can't imagine carrying such a loss and such memories for so long. It must be hardest for brothers -- whether they served or not -- because they also carry the knowledge that but for the hands of fate, their fates might have been switched with their brother's.

Well said and this I like this thread because it is our way to pay a tribute for these men (or women)

Not a soldier, but it's the first time I see one from an Italy, so worth mentionning as you don't see them every day.

This sailor drowned when his ship sunk near Britanny in 1930.

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