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Salli Szajnferber

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Salli Szajnferber
born in: Brazil
Military Service: Brazil
Artillery

Active Years

Actions in WWII

  • 1944-1945

Biography

Lieutenant Artillery Salli Szajnferber made the arrest of 200 German soldiers upon surrender of Nazi 148th Infantry Division, who gave the FEB with all your stuff, cannons, troops on horseback and remnants of Panzer Grenadier and Italian Bersaglieri division after fighting Montese.
It was the bloodiest battle of the FEB, with 574 casualties, including dead and wounded. The Third Artillery Group shot Montese nine thousand shots howitzer 105 mm. General Otto Fretter Pico surrendered to the Italian General Mario Carloni, 892 officers, 19,689 soldiers, 80 guns, five thousand vehicles and 4000 horses.
Advanced observer to the 9th Company of the Third Battalion of the 11th Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Salli was slightly injured in battle. For his bravery in action in making Montese he was also graced by the President with the Combat Cross of the first. Class. The diplomas signed by the Minister of War General Pedro Aurelio de Gois highlight the great courage, a cool head and the ability to act during the bitter fighting on 14 and 15 April 1945.