Santoro served as a Technician Fifth Grade, Headquarters Detachment, Office of Strategic Service, U.S. Army during World War II.
He resided in Wayne County, Michigan prior to the war. He is noted as a lodger at 2675 Scott Street, Detroit, Michigan in the 1940 census. And another "Calara" family member named "Giuseppe", age 48, also lived in the same boarding house.
He enlisted in the Army on October 23, 1941, prior to the war, in Detroit, Michigan. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Machinist and also as Single, without dependents.
Santoro, while on a mission with 14 other soldiers serving with the OSS in Italy, became a POW of the German Army.
On an order signed by General Anton Dostler, head of the 75th German Army Corps, they were to be executed.
Santoro, along with the others, were "executed" by the German Army and hidden in a mass grave in an area of Bocca di Magra, with no houses at the time, and they camouflaged the grave site. General Kesselring, Commander in Chief of German forces in Italy, ordered all written records of the affair destroyed. However after the war information was gathered from local Italians and then German Army personnel and the grave was located.
Santoro was "Executed While A POW" of the German Army in Italy during the war.
He was awarded the "Silver Star", Purple Heart, and the Prisoner of War Medals.
Service # 36131251
"He is possibly interred somewhere in Italy."
Historical Note:
In the days after Liberation General Anton Dostler, head of the 75th German Army Corps, was subsequently captured and brought to trial before an American Military Commission in Rome on October 8, 1945. The Commission unanimously found General Dostler guilty and he was shot by a firing squad near Naples on December 1, 1945. Anton Dostler was the first German General brought to trial after the war, and the first executed. This case became a precedent for the Nuremberg war crime trials of German generals, officials and Nazi leaders beginning in November, 1945.
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The 15 soldiers that were executed:
Calcara, Santoro ~ T/5 ~ Detroit, MI ~ " Burial Unknown "
De Flumeri, Alfred Louis ~ Sgt ~ Natick, MA
Di Sclafani, Salvatore ~ T/5 ~ Brooklyn, NY
Farrell, Joseph M. ~ T/5 ~ Southport, CT
Leone, John J. ~ T/5~ Poughkeepsie, NY
Libardi, Joseph A. ~ T/5 ~ Stockbridge, MA
Mauro, Dominick C. ~ Sgt ~ New York City, NY
Noia, Joseph ~ T/5 ~ New York City, NY
Russo, Vincent J. ~ 1st Lt ~ Montclair, NJ
Savino, Thomas N. ~ T/5 ~ Brooklyn, NY
Sirico, Angelo ~ T/5 ~ Brooklyn, NY
Squatrito, Rosario F. ~ T/5 ~ Staten Island, NY
Traficante, Paul J. ~ 1st Lt ~ New York City, NY
Tremonte, Liberty Joseph ~ T/5 ~ Westport, CT
Vieceli, Livio ~ T/Sgt ~ Manor, PA
( Bio & Links by: Russ Pickett )
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News Article:
Stars and Stripes, August 1945:
Nazis Murdered 15 U.S. Soldiers in Italy, Robbed Bodies of Shoes
Washington, Aug 13 (ANS) -- The Germans executed 15 American soldiers in Italy in March, 1944, completely ignoring the rules of warfare, the War Department revealed yesterday. The bodies of two officers and 13 enlisted men, all in uniform, were discovered in a common grave in northern Italy shortly before V-E Day by American troops. The hands of the dead men were tied behind their back and shoes were missing from each body, the War Department said.
Every effort has been made to catch the Nazis responsible and several, already in custody, will be brought to trial soon.
Behind German Lines. The 15 Americans were captured while carrying out military operations behind German lines, the department said. They had been put ashore by PT boats at night to blow up a railroad tunnel.
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He resided in Wayne County, Michigan prior to the war. He is noted as a lodger at 2675 Scott Street, Detroit, Michigan in the 1940 census. And another "Calara" family member named "Giuseppe", age 48, also lived in the same boarding house.
He enlisted in the Army on October 23, 1941, prior to the war, in Detroit, Michigan. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Machinist and also as Single, without dependents.
Santoro, while on a mission with 14 other soldiers serving with the OSS in Italy, became a POW of the German Army.
On an order signed by General Anton Dostler, head of the 75th German Army Corps, they were to be executed.
Santoro, along with the others, were "executed" by the German Army and hidden in a mass grave in an area of Bocca di Magra, with no houses at the time, and they camouflaged the grave site. General Kesselring, Commander in Chief of German forces in Italy, ordered all written records of the affair destroyed. However after the war information was gathered from local Italians and then German Army personnel and the grave was located.
Santoro was "Executed While A POW" of the German Army in Italy during the war.
He was awarded the "Silver Star", Purple Heart, and the Prisoner of War Medals.
Service # 36131251
"He is possibly interred somewhere in Italy."
Historical Note:
In the days after Liberation General Anton Dostler, head of the 75th German Army Corps, was subsequently captured and brought to trial before an American Military Commission in Rome on October 8, 1945. The Commission unanimously found General Dostler guilty and he was shot by a firing squad near Naples on December 1, 1945. Anton Dostler was the first German General brought to trial after the war, and the first executed. This case became a precedent for the Nuremberg war crime trials of German generals, officials and Nazi leaders beginning in November, 1945.
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The 15 soldiers that were executed:
Calcara, Santoro ~ T/5 ~ Detroit, MI ~ " Burial Unknown "
De Flumeri, Alfred Louis ~ Sgt ~ Natick, MA
Di Sclafani, Salvatore ~ T/5 ~ Brooklyn, NY
Farrell, Joseph M. ~ T/5 ~ Southport, CT
Leone, John J. ~ T/5~ Poughkeepsie, NY
Libardi, Joseph A. ~ T/5 ~ Stockbridge, MA
Mauro, Dominick C. ~ Sgt ~ New York City, NY
Noia, Joseph ~ T/5 ~ New York City, NY
Russo, Vincent J. ~ 1st Lt ~ Montclair, NJ
Savino, Thomas N. ~ T/5 ~ Brooklyn, NY
Sirico, Angelo ~ T/5 ~ Brooklyn, NY
Squatrito, Rosario F. ~ T/5 ~ Staten Island, NY
Traficante, Paul J. ~ 1st Lt ~ New York City, NY
Tremonte, Liberty Joseph ~ T/5 ~ Westport, CT
Vieceli, Livio ~ T/Sgt ~ Manor, PA
( Bio & Links by: Russ Pickett )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
News Article:
Stars and Stripes, August 1945:
Nazis Murdered 15 U.S. Soldiers in Italy, Robbed Bodies of Shoes
Washington, Aug 13 (ANS) -- The Germans executed 15 American soldiers in Italy in March, 1944, completely ignoring the rules of warfare, the War Department revealed yesterday. The bodies of two officers and 13 enlisted men, all in uniform, were discovered in a common grave in northern Italy shortly before V-E Day by American troops. The hands of the dead men were tied behind their back and shoes were missing from each body, the War Department said.
Every effort has been made to catch the Nazis responsible and several, already in custody, will be brought to trial soon.
Behind German Lines. The 15 Americans were captured while carrying out military operations behind German lines, the department said. They had been put ashore by PT boats at night to blow up a railroad tunnel.
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Santoro served as a Technician Fifth Grade, Headquarters Detachment, Office of Strategic Service, U.S. Army during World War II.
He resided in Wayne County, Michigan prior to the war. He is noted as a lodger at 2675 Scott Street, Detroit, Michigan in the 1940 census. And another "Calara" family member named "Giuseppe", age 48, also lived in the same boarding house.
He enlisted in the Army on October 23, 1941, prior to the war, in Detroit, Michigan. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Machinist and also as Single, without dependents.
Santoro, while on a mission with 14 other soldiers serving with the OSS in Italy, became a POW of the German Army.
On an order signed by General Anton Dostler, head of the 75th German Army Corps, they were to be executed.
Santoro, along with the others, were "executed" by the German Army and hidden in a mass grave in an area of Bocca di Magra, with no houses at the time, and they camouflaged the grave site. General Kesselring, Commander in Chief of German forces in Italy, ordered all written records of the affair destroyed. However after the war information was gathered from local Italians and then German Army personnel and the grave was located.
Santoro was "Executed While A POW" of the German Army in Italy during the war.
He was awarded the "Silver Star", Purple Heart, and the Prisoner of War Medals.
Service # 36131251
"He is possibly interred somewhere in Italy."
Historical Note:
In the days after Liberation General Anton Dostler, head of the 75th German Army Corps, was subsequently captured and brought to trial before an American Military Commission in Rome on October 8, 1945. The Commission unanimously found General Dostler guilty and he was shot by a firing squad near Naples on December 1, 1945. Anton Dostler was the first German General brought to trial after the war, and the first executed. This case became a precedent for the Nuremberg war crime trials of German generals, officials and Nazi leaders beginning in November, 1945.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The 15 soldiers that were executed:
Calcara, Santoro ~ T/5 ~ Detroit, MI ~ " Burial Unknown "
De Flumeri, Alfred Louis ~ Sgt ~ Natick, MA
Di Sclafani, Salvatore ~ T/5 ~ Brooklyn, NY
Farrell, Joseph M. ~ T/5 ~ Southport, CT
Leone, John J. ~ T/5~ Poughkeepsie, NY
Libardi, Joseph A. ~ T/5 ~ Stockbridge, MA
Mauro, Dominick C. ~ Sgt ~ New York City, NY
Noia, Joseph ~ T/5 ~ New York City, NY
Russo, Vincent J. ~ 1st Lt ~ Montclair, NJ
Savino, Thomas N. ~ T/5 ~ Brooklyn, NY
Sirico, Angelo ~ T/5 ~ Brooklyn, NY
Squatrito, Rosario F. ~ T/5 ~ Staten Island, NY
Traficante, Paul J. ~ 1st Lt ~ New York City, NY
Tremonte, Liberty Joseph ~ T/5 ~ Westport, CT
Vieceli, Livio ~ T/Sgt ~ Manor, PA
( Bio & Links by: Russ Pickett )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
News Article:
Stars and Stripes, August 1945:
Nazis Murdered 15 U.S. Soldiers in Italy, Robbed Bodies of Shoes
Washington, Aug 13 (ANS) -- The Germans executed 15 American soldiers in Italy in March, 1944, completely ignoring the rules of warfare, the War Department revealed yesterday. The bodies of two officers and 13 enlisted men, all in uniform, were discovered in a common grave in northern Italy shortly before V-E Day by American troops. The hands of the dead men were tied behind their back and shoes were missing from each body, the War Department said.
Every effort has been made to catch the Nazis responsible and several, already in custody, will be brought to trial soon.
Behind German Lines. The 15 Americans were captured while carrying out military operations behind German lines, the department said. They had been put ashore by PT boats at night to blow up a railroad tunnel.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He resided in Wayne County, Michigan prior to the war. He is noted as a lodger at 2675 Scott Street, Detroit, Michigan in the 1940 census. And another "Calara" family member named "Giuseppe", age 48, also lived in the same boarding house.
He enlisted in the Army on October 23, 1941, prior to the war, in Detroit, Michigan. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Machinist and also as Single, without dependents.
Santoro, while on a mission with 14 other soldiers serving with the OSS in Italy, became a POW of the German Army.
On an order signed by General Anton Dostler, head of the 75th German Army Corps, they were to be executed.
Santoro, along with the others, were "executed" by the German Army and hidden in a mass grave in an area of Bocca di Magra, with no houses at the time, and they camouflaged the grave site. General Kesselring, Commander in Chief of German forces in Italy, ordered all written records of the affair destroyed. However after the war information was gathered from local Italians and then German Army personnel and the grave was located.
Santoro was "Executed While A POW" of the German Army in Italy during the war.
He was awarded the "Silver Star", Purple Heart, and the Prisoner of War Medals.
Service # 36131251
"He is possibly interred somewhere in Italy."
Historical Note:
In the days after Liberation General Anton Dostler, head of the 75th German Army Corps, was subsequently captured and brought to trial before an American Military Commission in Rome on October 8, 1945. The Commission unanimously found General Dostler guilty and he was shot by a firing squad near Naples on December 1, 1945. Anton Dostler was the first German General brought to trial after the war, and the first executed. This case became a precedent for the Nuremberg war crime trials of German generals, officials and Nazi leaders beginning in November, 1945.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The 15 soldiers that were executed:
Calcara, Santoro ~ T/5 ~ Detroit, MI ~ " Burial Unknown "
De Flumeri, Alfred Louis ~ Sgt ~ Natick, MA
Di Sclafani, Salvatore ~ T/5 ~ Brooklyn, NY
Farrell, Joseph M. ~ T/5 ~ Southport, CT
Leone, John J. ~ T/5~ Poughkeepsie, NY
Libardi, Joseph A. ~ T/5 ~ Stockbridge, MA
Mauro, Dominick C. ~ Sgt ~ New York City, NY
Noia, Joseph ~ T/5 ~ New York City, NY
Russo, Vincent J. ~ 1st Lt ~ Montclair, NJ
Savino, Thomas N. ~ T/5 ~ Brooklyn, NY
Sirico, Angelo ~ T/5 ~ Brooklyn, NY
Squatrito, Rosario F. ~ T/5 ~ Staten Island, NY
Traficante, Paul J. ~ 1st Lt ~ New York City, NY
Tremonte, Liberty Joseph ~ T/5 ~ Westport, CT
Vieceli, Livio ~ T/Sgt ~ Manor, PA
( Bio & Links by: Russ Pickett )
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
News Article:
Stars and Stripes, August 1945:
Nazis Murdered 15 U.S. Soldiers in Italy, Robbed Bodies of Shoes
Washington, Aug 13 (ANS) -- The Germans executed 15 American soldiers in Italy in March, 1944, completely ignoring the rules of warfare, the War Department revealed yesterday. The bodies of two officers and 13 enlisted men, all in uniform, were discovered in a common grave in northern Italy shortly before V-E Day by American troops. The hands of the dead men were tied behind their back and shoes were missing from each body, the War Department said.
Every effort has been made to catch the Nazis responsible and several, already in custody, will be brought to trial soon.
Behind German Lines. The 15 Americans were captured while carrying out military operations behind German lines, the department said. They had been put ashore by PT boats at night to blow up a railroad tunnel.
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