IN MEMORIA DELLA
MEDAGLIA D’ ORO
ADORNO LUIGI IGNAZIO DI GIACOMO
SOTTOTENENTE 146 REGG COSTIERO
NOTO
ALLO EROICO FIGLIO FOLGORATO DI GLORIA
"QUALE COMANDANTE DI UN POSTO DI BLOCCO
...BENCHE CIRCONDATO PER VARIE ORE
.. DA PREPONDERANTI NUCLEI NEMICI
.. COMBATTE STRENUAMENTE FINCHEPIÚ VOLTE COLPITO-IL X VII MCMXLIII
..CADDE AL GRIDO DI VIVA L’ITALIA
IMMOLANDO LA SUA GIOVANE VITA

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The plaque in Noto’s town hall is dedicated to Louis Ignatius Adorno (1917-1943) who was born in Noto, and fell during the Allied invasion of Sicily in World War II, an invasion that began in July 1943, and ended about a month later with the liberation of Sicily from the Italian and German forces.
As a soldier in the Italian forces who fought against the Allied forces, he fell on the first day of the invasion (July 10, 1943), and for his bravery in battle he was awarded the Military Gold Medal (Medaglia d’oro al valor militare) in 1947.

Please note that although he is a soldier from the forces of Fascist Italy, due to his bravery he was noted on a plaque in 1949 after the end of World War II.

The place where the sign is located was photographed on the same day by the same photographer Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:
IN MEMORY OF
THE GOLD MEDAL
ADORNO LUIGI IGNAZIO DI GIACOMO
SUBSIDENT 146 COASTAL REGION
KNOWN
TO THE HEROIC SON LIGHTNED WITH GLORY
"AS COMMANDER OF A ROADBLOCK
...EVEN THOUGH SURROUNDED FOR SEVERAL HOURS
.. BY PREPONDERANT ENEMY NUCLEI
.. HE FIGHTS STRONGLY UNTIL HE WAS STRUCK SEVERAL TIMES-THE X VII MCMXLIII (July 10, 1943)
..HE FELL WITH THE CRY OF LONG LIVE ITALY
IMMOLATING HIS YOUNG LIFE

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