11 Facts About Maurizio Giglio

Maurizio Giglio was an Italian soldier and policeman.

Maurizio Giglio thereafter transmitted military intelligence by radio from Rome about the Nazi forces there to the Allied forces advancing through southern Italy.

Maurizio Giglio was posthumously awarded the Gold Medal of Military Valour, a decoration which acknowledges deeds of outstanding gallantry.

Maurizio Giglio had a sister, Giulia Adriani, who outlived him by many years.

Maurizio Giglio was a keen sportsman: hunting, skiing, swimming, mountaineering, and motoring.

Maurizio Giglio helped fugitives from the fascist authorities to escape to the western coast of Italy, from where they could be rescued by Allied MTBs.

Maurizio Giglio increased his activity, which placed him increasingly at risk.

Maurizio Giglio supplied Tompkins with detailed reports about the police stations of Rome, and about the buildings occupied by the Germans.

Maurizio Giglio arranged meetings in his own house between Tompkins and leaders of the Roman resistance: Giorgio Amendola, Giuliano Vassalli, and Riccardo Bauer.

Maurizio Giglio was recruited by the intelligence agency of the Fifth United States Army and, after a brief period of training, returned to occupied territory armed with a radio transmitter, and, in the guise of a policeman of the pretended social republic, carried out invaluable intelligence work.

Maurizio Giglio was then barbarously murdered in a reprisal, extinguishing this young life so generously offered for the liberation of his fatherland from the Nazi-Fascist oppression.