Salvatore Parente: Unknown Silent Hero, Italian Soldier Survivor From El Alamein Is Gone at 98

 Salvatore Parente lighting his pipe at 98 y.o. represents one of those silent heroes of the Italian Army who survived the African  battle at El Alamein during Second World War and the unorganized colonization of East Africa by Italy. He lived for years in the African desert as Sargent Major rank, Italian Army Ariete Division, operating on armored cars

 Sargent Major Salvatore Parente, African Uniform

 Sargent Major Salvatore Parente, African Uniform

Sargent Major Salvatore Parente of Italian Army Ariete Division driving a small armored Cars in the desert

 Sargent Major Salvatore Parente of Italian Army Ariete Division writing a letter from the desert to his far away home in Milan

 Sargent Major Salvatore Parente of Italian Army Ariete Division familiarizing with common inhabitants of the desert.



1946 the Second World War is over for glorious winners and losers,  and former
 Sargent Major Salvatore Parente of Italian Army Ariete Division , is back home in Milan, Italy,
transformed into a postman delivering mail door to door.