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US WWII veteran, 96, is reunited with three Italians who he nearly shot as children in 1944 when he burst into a farmhouse searching for retreating Nazis
Martin Adler had entered the Naldi family home in the village of Monterenzio near Bologna as Allied forces advanced on the Nazis in the autumn of 1944
After hearing strange noises come from a wooden basket he aimed his weapon
But from it two girls, aged six and three, and a seven-year-old boy emerged
Adler, 96, was reunited with Bruno, Mafalda and Giuliana Naldi over video call
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A former US soldier has been reunited with three Italians he almost shot as children while battling the Nazis during World War II.
Martin Adler had entered the Naldi family home in the village of Monterenzio near Bologna as Allied forces advanced on the Nazis in the autumn of 1944. It was quiet, we didn t know whether the Germans had really retreated or were waiting for us in hiding, he recalled in an online post published by his daughter and Italian writer Matteo Incerti.
After hearing strange noises coming from a large wooden basket, he and another US soldier levelled their weapons only for a woman to run out shouting children! children! .
US soldier makes contact with kids he almost killed in WWII
96-year-old has video call with three siblings after 76 years
15 Dicembre 2020
ROME, DEC 15 - A former United States soldier has
managed to make contact with three children he nearly killed
during World War II after a successful search via social media.
Martin Adler, a 96-year-old native of the Bronx, entered a house
in Monterenzio, near Bologna, with a companion of the 339th
Infantry Regiment during the Italian campaign in October 1944.
Once inside they heard sounds coming from a basket and they were
ready to shoot as they thought German soldiers were hiding