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May 3, 2018 · He put me in touch with Mr. Lella’s son Michael, who lives in California. Michael and his wife Norma and I became good friends when I visited them in late March. Michael arranged for Kendra and me (and another friend, Luigi Manzione from Rome) to meet Pino on April 12, and he is the author of this very moving essay about his father Pino.
Apr 27, 2021 · A well-researched historical basis stimulates my mind. So it’s no surprise that the premise of Mark T. Sullivan’s Beneath a Scarlet Sky wowed me. The novel was based on “the true story of a forgotten hero,” Pino Lella, an Italian youth who led refugees over the mountains to freedom in physical acts of courage.
Pino Lella. Giuseppe „Pino“ Lella (* June 1 1926 in Milano) is an Italian motorist and contemporary witness of the final phase of World War II. He was the driver of General Hans Leyers and at the same time spy for the Alliance. In April 1945, he delivered Leyers to the Fifth United States Army and then became the driver of Major Frank ...
May 3, 2018 · Pino, who turned 92 in June 2018, is the subject of the terrific bestseller by Mark Sullivan, Beneath a Scarlet Sky. His son Michael tells the story here. From Left to Right: Pino Lella, Luigi Manzione, Lawrence Reed—northern Italy, April 2018.
Mar 31, 2018 · It was the summer of 1943 and Lella, then 17 years old, was sitting next his brother, Mimmo, at a movie theater in his native Milan watching the cinematic duo twirl across the screen. For a brief moment, the war that had engulfed Europe and Nazi-occupied Italy was extinguished by pure Hollywood escapism. Then reality came crashing down.
- Jim Distasio
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Fascinated, Sullivan placed a call to the man, Pino Lella, in Milan. “I understand you’re an unsung hero,” Sullivan said. Mark Sullivan, left, and Giuseppe ‘Pino’ Lella “I no hero. I’m more of a coward,” Lella replied. Sullivan flew to Italy to interview Lella and the pair collaborated on the resulting book for ten years.
Jan 26, 2019 · It is based on the true story of a great Italian guy, Pino Lella, who played a part in the Allies’ success in northern Italy. Pino, who is now about 90 years old is an unsung hero of World War 2. At seventeen years old, Pino and his little brother are sent to a Catholic boys camp in the Alps on the border between Italy and Switzerland because ...
