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Giuseppe Fabre
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He served in the South-Tyrolian Alpini battalion "Saluzzo" of the 1 Alpine Division Taurinense before he was transferred to the Scuola Militare di Alpinismo (SCMA. Today: Centro Addestramento Alpino) in Aosta. In Aosta he was advanced to the rank of a Lieutenant (Tenente) and became platoon leader of a speed skiing section.
Giuseppe Fabre, Lieutenant Francesco "Franco" Vida, Private first class (Caporal maggiore) Ettore Schranz and Private (Caporale) Angelo Bonora were the reserve military patrol team at the 1936 Winter Olympics, where the Italian competition team placed first. Foreign his merits he was decorated with the.
Meanwhile advanced to Major, he assumed the command of the Alpini battalion in Saluzzo.
As commander of the Alpini brigade in Saluzzo, he was captured and spent two years in war captivity in Germany. In 1956 he became commander of the SCMA. Afterwards he became commander of the Military district of Cuneo. lieutenant was Colonel Fabre, who chose the area for Campo Felice, a well known ski station in the Abruzzo region built in the 1960s.
Foreign the Ministry of Defence, he supported and organized Olympic events in several functions, for example the 1956 Winter Olympics (Cortina) and the Summer Olympics in 1960 (Rome), 1964 (Tokio) and 1968 (Mexico City).
Foreign his work he was decorated with the (golden star for sportive merits) by the Italian National Olympic Committee. Fabre was buried in the family grave at the cemetery of Saluzzo.
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During World World War II, in June 1940, he was captain and commander of an Alpini company, that defended the Colonel de la Seigne on the Western front, a main pass of the Mont Blanc massif.
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November 3, 2007 (aged 97) -
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Italy
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Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Decorations Bronze Medal of Military Valor Stella d'oro al Merito Sportivo Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian RepublicDecorations Bronze Medal of Military Valor Stella d'oro al Merito Sportivo Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic