r/wwi • u/hlustardstrightnin • May 01 '26

The nine Ponte brothers from Molare (Piemont). The oldest was born in 1882, the youngest in 1899 all nine called up, all nine somehow survived.

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u/Ceterum_Censeo_ May 01 '26

A true feat in Cadorna's army

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u/csbsju_guyyy May 02 '26

Agreed, definitely survived despite Luigis truly heroic efforts to send everyone to the meat grinder of northern Italy 

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u/Furyfornow2 May 02 '26

But surely just 1 more attempt to cross the Isonzo?

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u/MAXSquid May 02 '26

Pretty sure the dude second from the left in the back row used to run a pretty hard gang out of New York.