Word: amatruda
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Corragio!" cried the Captain and over the side went Gennaro Amatruda, a rope round his waist, a hammer in his belt, a monkey rope with a wooden plug and a rope mat in his hand. Seventy feet down he worked, sometimes swinging high in the air, sometimes soused deep in the creamy waves. Five other men were on shorter ladders trying to keep him from being dashed against the side of the ship. After a breathless, drenching hour, the monkey rope was passed through the hole, the plug hammered home. On the inside Staff Captain Giorgio Cavallini and the chief...
While the crew cheered and the passengers applauded, up over the side came Gennaro Amatruda. Captain Lena kissed him on both cheeks...
...want me to put in another block of wood?" asked Seaman Amatruda...
...enough. Amatruda. You are Italy's great hero. I thank you from my heart...
...passengers went down to dinner and Gennaro Amatruda went to change his clothes. There was free champagne. A $700 purse was subscribed and a resolution voted that "Captain Lena, his officers and crew-all were magnificent...