A deceased aunt told me years ago that her father Evangelista Lorusso, was a 17 year old barber in the Italian army working in a medical camp in 1918 during World War 1. While cutting another soldier's hair, that soldier told him that a handsome soldier was wounded in the face and now did not want to go home. Then, he mentioned his name. It was my grandfather's brother, Vito Lorusso. My grandfather did not know his brother was in the camp. So he went to him and convinced him to go home.
Here is the problem. I have the Italian army records of both men. It shows that my grandfather entered the Italian army in 1918 and that his wounded brother was discharged in 1917. So the story told to me is only possible if wounded men who were discharged from the Italian army back then were allowed to stay in the medical camp long after they were discharged. Seems unlikely, but does anyone know if this was possible?
Though I have their military records, I get an error message when I try to add them to this post and then I get a "Bad Request" when I try to submit the post.
Ron
