While gendarmes and French soldiery scoured the Riviera for spawn of Communism cast out by Italy (who must, said Frenchmen, have been the dastards that bombed Legion trains last fortnight), Retiring Commander Howard Paul Savage and some 200 American Legionaries specially picked for their ability to commerce in goodwill, entered the cavernous railroad station at Genoa.
Commander Savage made a speech: "We are very happy to be here. We bring the salutations of the American Legion to the Italian Army and nation, past and present. We are greatly pleased with our reception, but...
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