From the World War II Honor Roll, ABMC:
Livio Vieceli
Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army
Service # 33037797
2677th Company
Office of Strategic Services (OSS)
Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania
Died: 26 Mar 44
Awards: Silver Star and Purple Heart
From the 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."
From the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Operational Groups site:
Operations Ginny I and II, "Mission: To interdict the Genoa-La Spezia rail line which was the main supply route for supplies, weapons and armaments to the Cassino front and the Anzio bridgehead, by sabotaging two tunnel entrances southeast of the Framura rail station and booby trapping the open rails between them." Ginny I was attempted, then aborted, in February of 1944. The ill-fated Ginny II took place in March, with Vieceli participating in both attempts.
From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (7 Nov 2004):
"Livio Vieceli....spent (his) boyhood years in the tiny town (Biddle) in North Huntingdon Township once owned by the Westmoreland Coal Co. (He) died in Europe serving their country during World War II.
Vieceli was 28 years old when he was executed by the Germans on March 26, 1944. He was part of the Operation Group of the Office of Strategic Services and a member of the paratroopers, Company A 2671st Special Reconnaissance Battalion.
"Livio volunteered for extra hazardous duty," said Delores Vieceli, his sister-in-law and a 46-year resident of Biddle. "He was based in Corsica and participated in Operation Ginny. They were trying to destroy a tunnel in Italy that was a line of communications for the Germans."
On the morning of March 24, 1944, Livio Vieceli and 14 other soldiers were captured by a search party of Fascist militia and German soldiers.
"The soldiers' bodies were discovered in April 1945," said Delores Vieceli. "They had been buried in a mass grave. After their bodies were found and exhumed, Livio was reburied in the Florence U.S. Military Cemetery in Italy."
German Gen. Anton Dostler, who ordered the executions, was tried as a war criminal in October 1945 and executed two months later."
Information gleaned from Ancestry.com:
Levio was the third child born to Angelo and Angelina Vieceli, who immigrated from Italy in 1907. All of their children were born in Pennsylvania. His father was a coal miner. Brothers Gildo, Louis and Frank served during the war as well as sister Blanche, who was a member of the Women's Army Corps. Other siblings included Dominic, Delfina and Celestina.
Livio Vieceli
Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army
Service # 33037797
2677th Company
Office of Strategic Services (OSS)
Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania
Died: 26 Mar 44
Awards: Silver Star and Purple Heart
From the 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."
From the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Operational Groups site:
Operations Ginny I and II, "Mission: To interdict the Genoa-La Spezia rail line which was the main supply route for supplies, weapons and armaments to the Cassino front and the Anzio bridgehead, by sabotaging two tunnel entrances southeast of the Framura rail station and booby trapping the open rails between them." Ginny I was attempted, then aborted, in February of 1944. The ill-fated Ginny II took place in March, with Vieceli participating in both attempts.
From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (7 Nov 2004):
"Livio Vieceli....spent (his) boyhood years in the tiny town (Biddle) in North Huntingdon Township once owned by the Westmoreland Coal Co. (He) died in Europe serving their country during World War II.
Vieceli was 28 years old when he was executed by the Germans on March 26, 1944. He was part of the Operation Group of the Office of Strategic Services and a member of the paratroopers, Company A 2671st Special Reconnaissance Battalion.
"Livio volunteered for extra hazardous duty," said Delores Vieceli, his sister-in-law and a 46-year resident of Biddle. "He was based in Corsica and participated in Operation Ginny. They were trying to destroy a tunnel in Italy that was a line of communications for the Germans."
On the morning of March 24, 1944, Livio Vieceli and 14 other soldiers were captured by a search party of Fascist militia and German soldiers.
"The soldiers' bodies were discovered in April 1945," said Delores Vieceli. "They had been buried in a mass grave. After their bodies were found and exhumed, Livio was reburied in the Florence U.S. Military Cemetery in Italy."
German Gen. Anton Dostler, who ordered the executions, was tried as a war criminal in October 1945 and executed two months later."
Information gleaned from Ancestry.com:
Levio was the third child born to Angelo and Angelina Vieceli, who immigrated from Italy in 1907. All of their children were born in Pennsylvania. His father was a coal miner. Brothers Gildo, Louis and Frank served during the war as well as sister Blanche, who was a member of the Women's Army Corps. Other siblings included Dominic, Delfina and Celestina.
From the World War II Honor Roll, ABMC:
Livio Vieceli
Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army
Service # 33037797
2677th Company
Office of Strategic Services (OSS)
Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania
Died: 26 Mar 44
Awards: Silver Star and Purple Heart
From the 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."
From the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Operational Groups site:
Operations Ginny I and II, "Mission: To interdict the Genoa-La Spezia rail line which was the main supply route for supplies, weapons and armaments to the Cassino front and the Anzio bridgehead, by sabotaging two tunnel entrances southeast of the Framura rail station and booby trapping the open rails between them." Ginny I was attempted, then aborted, in February of 1944. The ill-fated Ginny II took place in March, with Vieceli participating in both attempts.
From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (7 Nov 2004):
"Livio Vieceli....spent (his) boyhood years in the tiny town (Biddle) in North Huntingdon Township once owned by the Westmoreland Coal Co. (He) died in Europe serving their country during World War II.
Vieceli was 28 years old when he was executed by the Germans on March 26, 1944. He was part of the Operation Group of the Office of Strategic Services and a member of the paratroopers, Company A 2671st Special Reconnaissance Battalion.
"Livio volunteered for extra hazardous duty," said Delores Vieceli, his sister-in-law and a 46-year resident of Biddle. "He was based in Corsica and participated in Operation Ginny. They were trying to destroy a tunnel in Italy that was a line of communications for the Germans."
On the morning of March 24, 1944, Livio Vieceli and 14 other soldiers were captured by a search party of Fascist militia and German soldiers.
"The soldiers' bodies were discovered in April 1945," said Delores Vieceli. "They had been buried in a mass grave. After their bodies were found and exhumed, Livio was reburied in the Florence U.S. Military Cemetery in Italy."
German Gen. Anton Dostler, who ordered the executions, was tried as a war criminal in October 1945 and executed two months later."
Information gleaned from Ancestry.com:
Levio was the third child born to Angelo and Angelina Vieceli, who immigrated from Italy in 1907. All of their children were born in Pennsylvania. His father was a coal miner. Brothers Gildo, Louis and Frank served during the war as well as sister Blanche, who was a member of the Women's Army Corps. Other siblings included Dominic, Delfina and Celestina.
Livio Vieceli
Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army
Service # 33037797
2677th Company
Office of Strategic Services (OSS)
Entered the Service from: Pennsylvania
Died: 26 Mar 44
Awards: Silver Star and Purple Heart
From the 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."
From the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Operational Groups site:
Operations Ginny I and II, "Mission: To interdict the Genoa-La Spezia rail line which was the main supply route for supplies, weapons and armaments to the Cassino front and the Anzio bridgehead, by sabotaging two tunnel entrances southeast of the Framura rail station and booby trapping the open rails between them." Ginny I was attempted, then aborted, in February of 1944. The ill-fated Ginny II took place in March, with Vieceli participating in both attempts.
From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (7 Nov 2004):
"Livio Vieceli....spent (his) boyhood years in the tiny town (Biddle) in North Huntingdon Township once owned by the Westmoreland Coal Co. (He) died in Europe serving their country during World War II.
Vieceli was 28 years old when he was executed by the Germans on March 26, 1944. He was part of the Operation Group of the Office of Strategic Services and a member of the paratroopers, Company A 2671st Special Reconnaissance Battalion.
"Livio volunteered for extra hazardous duty," said Delores Vieceli, his sister-in-law and a 46-year resident of Biddle. "He was based in Corsica and participated in Operation Ginny. They were trying to destroy a tunnel in Italy that was a line of communications for the Germans."
On the morning of March 24, 1944, Livio Vieceli and 14 other soldiers were captured by a search party of Fascist militia and German soldiers.
"The soldiers' bodies were discovered in April 1945," said Delores Vieceli. "They had been buried in a mass grave. After their bodies were found and exhumed, Livio was reburied in the Florence U.S. Military Cemetery in Italy."
German Gen. Anton Dostler, who ordered the executions, was tried as a war criminal in October 1945 and executed two months later."
Information gleaned from Ancestry.com:
Levio was the third child born to Angelo and Angelina Vieceli, who immigrated from Italy in 1907. All of their children were born in Pennsylvania. His father was a coal miner. Brothers Gildo, Louis and Frank served during the war as well as sister Blanche, who was a member of the Women's Army Corps. Other siblings included Dominic, Delfina and Celestina.
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