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Word: formia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Christian Democrats, confident of victory, found other portents. In Formia, near Naples, plump, moist-eyed Elvira Wangrillo told how a Communist had joined a pilgrimage to the sanctuary of Itri where, confronted with the picture of the Madonna, he fell to his knees, struck dumb. "He has been that way ever since," related Elvira, "the doctors say it's a miracle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Victory | 4/26/1948 | See Source »

...South Flank. In terms of miles, U.S. troops made the biggest gains. From Minturno on the south of the line one column pushed into the little mountain town of Spigno, found only rear-guard Germans there. Another column pounded along the coast to the town of Formia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF ITALY: Artillery, Frenchmen, Etc. | 5/29/1944 | See Source »

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