00:00September 23, 1943.
00:02It was me. Shoot me.
00:05Carabinieri Vice Brigadier Salvo de Quisto falsely takes upon himself the blame for an explosion
00:11that had struck a German patrol the day before in Torrent Pietra, near Rome.
00:16With his action, de Quisto saves the lives of 22 innocent civilians rounded up in reprisal.
00:23The Vice Brigadier will be posthumously decorated with the gold medal of military valor.
