Emmanuel Navarro

The True Story of a Stray Dog and an American Soldier in the Great War “Since the beginning of history animals have shared the hardships of fighting men, and Rags was an outstanding example of devotion. He was a real soldier dog.” – Major General, First Division July 14, 1918, Paris, France: Private James Donovan,…

“My mother used to call me Giuseppino,” Pino said, struggling to his feet “The ‘Pino’ part stuck.”Cardinal Schuster looked up at “Little Joseph” and laughed.“Pino Lella. That is a name to remember.” It was late-afternoon in Milan on June 9, 1943. Cardinal Schuster, the Catholic leader of northern Italy was supervising laborers. They were stacking…