The U.S. veteran died yesterday at the age of 99, in Florida, "peacefully and surrounded by his family," his daughter Rachelle said.
Martin's long life had become a fairy tale, thanks to the appeal launched on social media by his daughter, to the mediation work of the journalist Matteo Incerti. The three protagonists of the photo that the young soldier, landed to fight the Nazi-Fascists, took near Monterenzio (Bologna), in 1944.