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In 1991, a Mafiosi and the owner of Toronto's Casket Royale funeral home, Gaetano "Guy" Panepinto, had one of his business partners, Natale Roda, tried to assassinate the man behind the plot against Melo. [14] Roda was carrying a bomb with the aim of avenging Melo, but the bomb exploded prematurely, costing him much of his arm. [14]
In front of the monument, and sloping downhill, lies the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War, with 16,142 graves. It was initiated in 1923 by Verdun veteran André Maginot, who would later create the Maginot Line. The ossuary was officially inaugurated on 7 August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun .
Verdun Memorial. France. For the French and German who fought in the Battle of Verdun. Location. 49°11′41″N 5°26′1″E / 49.19472°N 5.43361°E / 49.19472; 5.43361 (Verdun Memorial) The Verdun Memorial is a war memorial to commemorate the Battle of Verdun, fought in 1916 as part of the First World War. It is situated on ...
The U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) is investigating the death of a 19-year-old cadet who was found unconscious in her dorm earlier this week. Cadet 4th Class Avery Koonce, of Taylor, Texas, died ...
General Sir Arthur William Currie, GCMG, KCB (5 December 1875 – 30 November 1933) was a senior officer of the Canadian Army who fought during World War I.He had the unique distinction of starting his military career on the very bottom rung as a pre-war militia gunner before rising through the ranks to become the first Canadian commander of the Canadian Corps.
André Maginot Memorial, Verdun battlefield, original design Gaston Brouquet, dedicated 1966. Monument to Andre Maginot, Verdun (close up detail of statuary) Maginot never saw the line completed, since he became ill in December 1931 and died in Paris on 7 January 1932 of typhoid fever. Many people mourned him throughout France, and it was only ...
Paris, France. Nationality. French. Period. Early-mid 20th century. Signature. Henry Marie Joseph Frédéric Expedite Millon de Montherlant (French: [mɔ̃tɛʁlɑ̃]; 20 April 1895 – 21 September 1972) was a French essayist, novelist, and dramatist. [1] He was elected to the Académie française in 1960.
The final stage of the funeral was a journey of 400 kilometres (250 mi) to his birthplace of Mouilleron-en-Pareds, in western France. There his 97-year-old father, Roger de Lattre, aged and blind, ran his hands over the ceremonial accoutrements on the coffin, which included the posthumously-awarded marshal's baton and his son's képi .