Second World War: Secret raids the Author Monte 
dell'Aniene Valley during the Second World War become the tragic scene of bloody and devastating episodes, players who saw both the warring armies to the civilian population, often involved in heavy reprisals or acts of war.
Few would have imagined that a pilgrim devotee of the Holy Trinity would make good use of the knowledge of the territory acquired during his pellegrnagg the famous shrine at the service of the OSS, the forerunner of the American secret service CIA. N
The character issue was called Alfonso Felici, and came from a small town in Ciociaria, Villa Santo Stefano, then a naturalized American. He lived in Cohoes in New York, and during World War II he was recruited by the OSS (Office of Service Strategies) a department of the U.S. Army Special Forces. For his knowledge of foreign languages \u200b\u200band of the Italian territory was sent, first at Fort Dix for a period of training and then on the Volturno and Cassino fronts. Where he carried out special missions into enemy territory to bring valuable information to the American divisions stationed in that fronte.Con its Special Patrol takes us into the most important positions defended by the Germans, capturing prisoners in their own trenches and then be questioned by the High Command of the Fifth Armata.I veterans who remember Ernie Pyle (war correspondent), Bill Mauldin and his cartoon of "Willie and Joe" should remember to have read about Alfonso Felici baptized by Ernie Pyle as "The Fighting paisan" in an article on "THE STARS AND STRIPES (a newspaper printed for the American troops), and that made the most famous soldier in the Happy front Italiano.Il January 19, 1944 was ordered to be glad to get to the Third Infantry Division, ready for the landing at Anzio-Nettuno.II General Lucian Truscott, commander of the Division, Happy wanted to guide and experienced explorer in dangerous patrols, as the same knew the landing zone, as his hometown was about 50 miles driving indietro.Felici fought Audie Murphy (the most decorated American soldier) fought in numerous pattuglie.Felici with the 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Company "but still required by the 7th Regiment of the 15th and guiding them in patrols by surprise in the lines germaniche.Il General Mark Clark's Fifth Army commander, praised often personally happy for the daring enterprise of war. Happy is decorated with the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Combat Infantry Badge, Purple Heart, the European Campaign, Ml Rifle Expert, Good leads Medal, Bayonet expert, Citation and French Croix de Guerre.
Here is the excerpt of his memoirs in which he narrates his experience on Simbruini, of Mount Author:
" After some time the decision was made to leave and move to Monte Monte Cairo Author, a 1853 m altezza, fra Subiaco e Capistrello. Il luogo non era tanto impervio ed io conoscevo la zona perché ci andavo spesso in pellegrinaggio alla Santissima Trinità, sulle alture di Vallepietra. Andammo in quella zona per un periodo di riposo e per riorganizzare le future azioni di disturbo contro il nemico. A Monte Autore ci accampammo in un rifugio di pastori dove c'erano quattro capanne vuote, lasciate qualche mese prima con l'arrivo dell'inverno, e qui i servizi segreti avevano scoperto durante quel periodo non ci sarebbe stato anima viva. Nei dintorni non c'era traccia neanche di tedeschi.
Erano i primi di novembre, le montagne erano coperte di neve e malgrado indossassimo vestiti molto pesanti la notte soffrivamo il freddo. Spesso la mia mente ritornava ad Anna, my mother, my brother and friends did not know what had happened. We had to fight on all types of terrain through valleys, forests, mountains, marshes and mud. We had to dress as monks to priests, from German shepherds to implement our attacks of sabotage, because it was the best way to avoid the SS caught young and able-bodied men to use them in the work of fortification, or workshops. In the villages we saw only boys and old men. During our stop on the Mount Author participated in several acts of sabotage in the Tivoli, and Colleferro Casilina, destroying bridges and railway tracks. One day we were destined for an important mission: to free a British general and seven officers americani detenuti nel campo di concentramento di Laterina, in provincia di Arezzo. Con un camion rubato all'organizzazione TODT ed attrezzato con un doppiofondo per contenere otto persone, vestiti con la divisa di lavoro giallognola tipica degli operai, arrivammo di buon mattino davanti al campo di concentramento riservato agli ufficiali alleati catturati sul fronte italiano dai tedeschi. Il campo di prigionieri era situato nelle campagne e ben guardato dalle sentinelle. Un nostro agente con perfetto accento tedesco consegnò al capo del corpo di guardia i documenti, falsificati alla perfezione, dichiarando di essere autorizzato ai lavori di manutenzione del campo con la sua squadra. Il sergente tedesco con i documenti firmati dal capo dei lavori nei campi di concentramento, andò a farli controllare dal comandate e poco dopo tornò con l'ordine di farci entrare per effettuare il lavoro autorizzato. Il nostro capo dei lavori gli consegnò la lista degli operai che sarebbero stati controllati all'uscita.
Ci dislocammo fra le baracche con carriole e badili mentre il capo controllava un attento ufficiale tedesco. Ognuno di noi consegnava una divisa da operaio della TODT, che tenevamo nascosta in un sacchetto, agli ufficiali da far evadere mentre gli altri distraevano le guardie.
L'operazione durò venti minuti e tutti gli ufficiali furono nascosti nel doppio fondo del camion. Quando fu tutto pronto uscimmo dal campo. Salutammo con "Heil Hitler" sistemati in mezzo a pale, picconi, fili spinati e sacchetti di cemento, taking us back our precious human cargo and reach them Ciufenna in the province of Arezzo.
The freed prisoners were handed over to the parish of Santa Maria Assunta, Don Mario Mazzoni Perrini and Amelia (155) who were employees of CNL Later, the prisoners were taken by one of our group of OSS agents to pass through the Allied lines . Scattered
each on their return to our base of Mount Author. "
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