The uniform of Andrea Antonaci, in the province of Lecce. Andrea, a warrant officer of the Italian Army, died in 2000 at the age of 26 after a mission in Sarajevo, after been found sick with a non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Angelo Ciaccio, 25 years old, from Naples, showing a scar. He is now fighting against leukaemia with a series of chemotherapy cycles which he does in Milan. His younger brother, Umberto, had to quit his job in order to take care of him.
Giuseppe Ciotola, 32 years old, from Naples, together with his wife and the twins Fabio and Stefano, three months old. Giuseppe suffers from a from of leukaemia caused by the inhalation of heavy-metals nanoparticles, as diagnosised by Dr. Gatti. Giuseppe has been discharged by the Italian Army and does not receive any pension. He now works as a part-time mechanic in Treviso.
Lieutenant colonel Emerico Laccetti works for the Italian Red Cross in Rome. After a number of radio and chemotherapy cycles, the large tumoral mass in his chess styopped growing and is now under control. He still works for the Red Cross.
Antonio and Rosaria Sepe, parents of Luca, inside the cemetery of Cardito (Naples) where Luca is burried. On the 13th of July 2004 Luca died at the age of 25 on the bed of the Cardarelli hospital in Naples, after a mission in Kosovo.
The bedroom of Corrado Di Giacobbe in his home. Corrado was found with a Hodgkin lymphoma after his return from a mission in Bosnia. He died at the age of 24 on the 6th of November 2001.
The parents of Valery Melis, in his bedroom in Cagliari. Valery died at the age of 26. Since then, his friends and collegues have organized, each year, a soccer tournament in Sardinia. The Army on the other hand has never provided any support.
F.M., 37 years old, in his house in Rome. He is an Italian Army military officer, and in 1996 he was diagnosised a Hodgkin lymphoma after his mission in Bosnia. Due to the several cycles of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and other medical cures he spent some 25 thousands euros. He is now receiving a pension for stress reasons.
The tomb of Corrado Di Giacobbe in the cemetery of Vico del Gargano. The mother of Corrado had been admitted to the hospital for treatment caused by the death of her son. Guido, the father of Corrado, could not afford a tombstone for his son. Corrado was found with a Hodgkin lymphoma after his return from a mission in Bosnia. He died at the age of 24 on the 6th of November 2001.
The parents of Corrado Di Giacobbe at the San Nicandro Garganico hospital, where his mother is now being cure for a severe nervous breakdown she got after her son
The family of Amedeo d'Inverno, the 45th victim among Italian soldiers that have served in the Balkans. Amedeo died because of cancer after his missions in Sarajevo between 1997 and 1998. All of his cousins offered their bone marrow in the desperate hope of saving Amedeo
A picture of Andrea Antonaci hanging on a wall in the family home. Andrea was a warrant officer of the Italian Army, and died in 2000 at the age of 26 after a non-Hodgkin lymphoma following a mission in Sarajevo. As for all the other victims, independent studies by Italian researchers showed the presence of high amounts of heavy metals in his body. Such a presence seems to be only linkable to the contamination of exploded depleted uranium weapons.
Angelo Ciaccio, 25 years old, from Naples, in the hospital in Milan where he is being treated for an acute leukemia with a series of chemotherapy cycles. He has been in Milan with his brother for more than 3 months now, and after an infection he has been put in isolation. His younger brother, Umberto, had to quit his job in order to take care of him, and hopes they will be home by the beginning of January.
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