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onymo 15521809 2 days ago 59.6 KB JPG >year is 1992, Italian military goes to Somalia for some peacekeeping work under the UN >Same area they used to be active in the African theater of WW2 >When they set up camp, they're approached by an 80 year old Somali, in full WW2 Italian kit with a tricolor sash and perfectly maintained rifle >Soldiers w-- hard and ask him what he's doing >He's a veteran of an Ascari group that fought for the Italians in WW2 >Insists that he's back to fight for them "like in the old days" won't be turned away because he's taken an oath to serve them for life, and intends to keep it >After consulting the general, they keep him around as sort of a mascot, give him an honorary position as a camp guard and let him raise the flag >He's very loyal and they all love him except for one awkward problem >In ceremonies and formal events, no matter how much they always tell him to stop, he always screams, "Viva re, viva duce, viva Italia!"

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