For more than seven decades, Martin Adler has treasured a photo of himself as a young American soldier with three Italian children he is credited with saving. Now, the reach of social media has made it possible for them to reunite for the first time.
On Monday, the 97-year-old World War II veteran met the three siblings — now octogenarians themselves — in person for the first time since the war.
“The mother, Mamma, came out and stood right in front of my gun to stop me shooting,” Adler recalled. “She put her stomach right against my gun, yelling, ‘Bambinis! Bambinis! Bambinis!’ pounding my chest,″ Adler recalled. The children, aged 3 to 6 when they met, were a happy memory. His company stayed on in the village for a while and he would come by and play with them.
“I am so happy and so proud of him. Because things could have been so different in just a second. Because he hesitated, there have been generations of people,” Donley said.
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