The US military compensates an Italian woman for a cake stolen by soldiers during World War II
The US Army gave a cake to an Italian woman, instead of a cake that American soldiers stole from her 77 years ago when she put it by her window.
Meri Mione, 90, was 13 when her village of San Pietro, near Vicenza, northern Italy, witnessed a battle between US forces and German soldiers.
The woman said that her mother made her a birthday cake, but that it was stole by opportunistic and probably hungry Americans. Myon added that she would share the replacement cake with her relatives.
The US military presented the cake at a ceremony held on Thursday in the Giardini Salvi district of Vicenza, in the presence of military personnel, local officials and a number of residents.
"It makes me feel good," said Sgt. Peter Wallis, who handed over the cake, though it was "a little embarrassing" to exchange stolen merchandise.
During the ceremony, Colonel Matthew Gumlak, commander of the US Army garrison in Italy, spoke about the fighting between US and German forces in Vicenza in 1945.
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