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historyarch · 1449 days ago · link · · parent · post: 75 years ago, my great Uncle Sgt. Weldon Reynolds witnessed the collapse of fascism in Italy I posted audio of his recollections and some photos he took
On April 29, 1945, Italian partisans brought the bodies of Benito Musslolini, his mistress and lackeys to Milan and publicly displayed them hanging upside down before a crowd of citizens and American GIs. Sgt. Weldon Reynolds had a camera and took a few pictures, and discussed his memories of the event in an embedded 2 and a half minute excerpt 56 years later.