By the time the U.S. Fifth Army had taken Rocca Massima, a village about twelve miles from the Anzio beachhead, the inhabitants were sharply divided about the future. Lean, greying Igino Cianfone, the village blacksmith, drew together the village leftists, talked 200 into paying Communist Party dues. Meanwhile, his good friend Deputy Postmaster Gustavo Coriddi enlisted village moderates in the Christian Democratic Party.
In due time Coriddi persuaded the new Christian Democratic government to put up 26 million lire to build a pipeline to Rocca Massima, whose people since the time of...
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