Body Celebration in Recall of Tscherkowo's Weapons

17/01/14

The "Turin" 82 Infantry Regiment celebrated the Corps Day yesterday morning in memory of Tscherkowo's weapons, which took place on the Russian Front on 16 January of 1943, and for which the Unit was granted Gold Medal for Military Valor.

The Commander of the Regiment, Colonel Cosimo Prencipe, commemorated the anniversary before the Regiment deployed in arms, in the flag-raising square of the "Stella" Barracks, and in the presence of the Commander of the mechanized brigade "Pinerolo", Brigadier General Stefano Del Col, Brigadier General Natalino Madeddu, Commander of the Army Military Command "Puglia", formerly 66 Commander of the Regiment and to many participants of Combatant Associations and of Arms with their medals and Labari. 

Before the commemoration began, honors were given to the fallen, at the monument dedicated to the fallen of all the wars of the 82 °, with a crown of the "I Fanti del Torino" Weapon Association.

Source: Army - Command of ground operations forces