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Died. Marshal Pietro Badoglio, 85, bullet-bald soldier who conquered Ethiopia for Mussolini (1935-36); in Grazzano Badoglio, Italy. Badoglio won fame and quick promotions as a field officer in World War I, was named army chief of staff in 1919. He cared little for Fascism but cooperated with Dictator Mussolini after he took over in 1922, became head of the joint chiefs of staff in 1925, resigned the post in disgrace (1940) after Italy's abortive Albanian campaign, later was called out of retirement to replace Mussolini (July 25, 1943) as head of the shaky Italian government, signed...
...Marshal Pietro Badoglio: his guess, $5,600; collector's guess, $17,600. ¶Rome's leading Surgeon Pietro Valdoni: his guess, $24,000; collector's guess...
...West Point, graduated from the War College and served in Tokyo and Peking. He became one of the first U.S. paratroopers and helped organize the first American airborne divisions. In 1943, in uniform, he slipped through the German lines into Rome and discussed surrender terms with Italian Premier Pietro Badoglio. General Taylor was the first U.S. general to go into Normandy. As commander of the 101st Airborne Division, he jumped in the night before Dday. Later he was wounded, after" the 101st jumped near Eindhoven in the Netherlands. During the Battle of the Bulge his division was rushed...
...tougher followers drove him half-crazy simply by knowing that he was incapable of being the man he pretended to be. When the Duce tried to conduct the Ethiopian war from his office chair, Marshal Badoglio only growled: "What fool in Rome is telegraphing this rubbish to me?" and curtly cabled back: "Leave me alone...
...coast, campaigning for the governorship, won election by 80,000 votes. In World War II, as an Army colonel, he accompanied General Maxwell D. Taylor on a daring mission to German-occupied Rome (1943) to secure a pledge of loyalty from Dictator Mussolini's aging successor, Marshal Pietro Badoglio, 20 hours before the Allied invasion of Italy...