History: Sergio Bresciani, the youngest soldier in the Italian Army in WWII. At age 16, after two failed attempts, he ran away from home, stowed away on a troopship to Libya, and joined the 3rd Artillery Regiment as a volunteer. He was killed at El Alamein two years later, at age 18. [480 x 480]

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