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| The Fonzaso plain near Frassen� Nov.12, 1917.
A fellow soldier gathered scattered brain material from the head wound by placing it in a mess tin. (Photo: arch. Luca Girotto) |
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| notice the cloth covered helmets , mess tin, gas mask container, the lower body is blown away. |
| Intestines exposed, mess tin under the left arm |
| 1915 May 23 - Italy entered the war, and Italian Chief of Staff Gen. Luigi Cadorna began attack on the Isonzo where Austrian Gen. Boroevic took command of the 5th Army and built defensive line, Italy took Brado by May 26, but failed to break through Austrian lines. The battles on the Isonzo over the next 2 years would be "a disaster" for Italy |