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Interview with Gavino Pala

Gavino Pala reminisces about his childhood in Sardinia, describing schooling and paramilitary training. Recollects the 17 May 1943 Alghero bombing, explaining how part of the population had left the city the day before and slept among olive trees,…

Tags: anti-aircraft fire; bombing; childhood in wartime; civil defence; evacuation; home front; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); perception of bombing war; radar; shelter; submarine; Unione Nazionale Protezione Antiaerea

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