Luigi Giorgi (engraver)
Luigi Giorgi may refer to: * Luigi Giorgi (soldier), (1913 – 1945), Italian soldier of World War II * Luigi Giorgi (footballer) Luigi Giorgi (born 19 April 1987) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Mantova. Club career Giorgi, started his professional career with Ascoli). In the 2006/2007 season Ascoli loaned him to Foligno on Serie C2 with 26 appearan ...

Luigi Giorgi (soldier)
Captain Luigi Giorgi (7 September 1913 – 7 May 1945) was an Italian soldier of World War II, the only one to receive two Gold Medals in the Italian Campaign and one of very few non-Americans to receive the Silver Star. Biography After qualifying as an accountant, Giorgi volunteered for military service and was admitted as a cadet to the Palermo military school in 1935. The following year he was promoted to the rank of ''Aspirante Ufficiale'' ( Acting 2nd Lieutenant). Assigned to the ''21º Reggimento Fanteria'', after being commissioned as a ''Sottotenente'' (2nd Lieutenant) he was transferred to the Regio Esercito medical school in Florence until he was demobilized in 1937. He was recalled to active duty two years later. When Italy entered World War II (1940), he was serving in the ''21º Reggimento Fanteria'' attached to the "Cremona" Division where he would stay for the duration of hostilities. In the meantime he rose in rank, being promoted to '' Tenente'' in January 19 ...
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