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Mhm Thank you .

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This is the army today . The acts of

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the buffalo soldiers in ITaly during

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World War Two are what legends are made

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of Sergeant Tony brazier takes us to a

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mountain in Italy where one of these

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legends was born . It's quite a trick

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getting up the trail that leads to Somo

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colonia . It's a difficult path that's

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been around for hundreds of years and

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has seen a lot of history During the

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winter of 1944 . There were some

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Americans that made the journey up but

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never came back down . We'll get to see

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a lot of history . All this hiking up

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here and then think about Karen animal .

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Look at the stuff from back then . It's

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like wow like they went through and

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they went through it all partisan and

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american forces who had earlier taken

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the town were forced to retreat ,

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leaving only a few forward observers

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from the 92nd Infantry Division . On

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the day after christmas , one of them ,

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Lieutenant john Fox repeatedly called

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for artillery and when finally overran

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by the Germans called for fire upon his

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own position . It's crazy . Um

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especially to knowing that is

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either them or me , it's like

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not , it's just bravery . It's a

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perfect way to explain it . Service

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members from Camp Darby annually follow

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in the footsteps of Lieutenant Fox and

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the 92nd to join representatives of the

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town of Soma colonia and the community

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Barda to honor the joint sacrifices of

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the italian partisans and the allied

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nations during the war . The ceremony

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is humble and the details of Lieutenant

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Fox being posthumously awarded the

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Medal of Honor echo through the streets

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and off the tower that remains in ruin .

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It is a solemn event that has brought

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our two nations together in a way that

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isn't easily put into words . Army

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sergeant , Tony , brazier , soma

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colonia Italy . No campaign in

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Western europe cost more and lives lost

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and wounds suffered than the campaign

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in Italy , and that's the army today .