serviceyears laterwork branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
1917 -- 1925 farmer manager italian army maciano di pennabilli , italy 25 march 2005 maciano di pennabilli , italy italy italy '' veneto '' '' knight of the order of merit of military the italian republic '' cross '' '' '' ordine di vittorio world war i fiume 's war 19 october 1900 major pietro micheletti
 pietro micheletti
pietro micheletti

pietro micheletti -lrb- 19 october 1900 -- 25 march 2005 -rrb- was an italian military commander .
he was born in pennabilli , the second of three brothers , into a family in marche who had moved to pennabilli in 1500 from trapani , sicily , in the aftermath of the military defeats suffered by the italian army in 1917 , he volunteered for the frontline , and was sent into battle on 15 june 1918 in the elite troop of ` arditi ' at the battle of the piave river .
awarded medals for bravery for the deeds he performed during some fierce battles towards the end of the war , he followed his battalion commander at the war office , where he held executive positions at the department of defence .
in december 1919 , he was a member of the military commission which negotiated the surrender of the breakaway city of fiume by gabriele d'annunzio .
in 1958 the italian president appointed him knight of the order of vittorio veneto ; in october 2000 the council of the marche region , to celebrate its one hundred years anniversary , awarded him the cross of the council of the marche region .
on 29 november 2003 the city of pennabilli , because of services rendered to the nation during the first world war , presented him with the keys of the city , an honour previously awarded only to the dalai lama .
in april 2004 the governor of the province of pesaro and urbino , listed him among those who paid tribute to the land of pesaro and urbino and presented him with a province of apifarfalle .
on 2 june 2005 president carlo azeglio ciampi : `` noted the heroic deeds performed by cav .
pietro micheletti during the first world war and his meritorious work in the interest of the nation '' and welcomed the request made by the prime minister , cav .
silvio berlusconi , to appoint him a knight of the order of merit of the italian republic .
he died on 25 march 2005 at the age of 104 .
