Inside the cemetery walls. Plaque

The memorial is a polished inscribed white marble Italian style gravestone with pictures of the two brothers mounted to the marble.

The plaque remembers two brothers and former citizens of San Marino who immigrated to the United States and then served as US Soldiers during the Second World War. 

Roberto (Robert) Berardi was born on March 21, 1922 in Faetano, San Marino.  After immigrating to the United States the Berardi family settled in Ohio.  Robert attended Sandusky High School and then Bowling green University.  During would War 2, he enlisted in served in the 407^th Infantry Regiment, 102^nd Infantry Division.  On February 24, 1945, the 102^nd Infantry Division participated in the Roer River crossings as part of Operation Grenade.  SGT Robert Berardi fell while attaching near the German villages near Linnach and Glimbach.  He was almost 23 years old. Robert is buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery with a memorial stone on the family plot in San Marino.

Robert’s younger brother Leonello (Nello) Berardi was also born in Faetano, San Marino on March 1, 1925. Nello attended Sandusky High School and enlisted in The US Army in World War 2 serving in the 7^th Infantry Regiment, 3^rd Infantry Division.  During Operation Diadem (4^th Battle of Cassino) the 3^rd Infantry Division attacked out of the Anzio Beachhead. Nello Berardi fell on May 29, 1944 during this operation near Cisterna, Italy.  He was 19 years old.  He is buried in the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery in Nettuno, Italy with a memorial plaque on the family plot in San Marino.

The text is written in Italian and reads:

(Pictures of Roberto and Leonello)

Roberto

FAETANO 21.3.1922 + OLANDA 24.2.1945

LEONELLO

FAETANO 1.3.1925 + ITALIA 29.5. 1944

ROBERTO E LEONELLO BERARDI

NATI SULLA NOSTRA TERRA

EMIGRATI NEGLI STATI UNITI D’AMERICA

PORTARONO ALL PATRIA ADOTTIVA

SOLDATI DELL ARAMATA LIBERATRICE

CADDERO DA EROI SULLA TERRA EUROPEA

ANCORA UNA VOLTA OPPRESSA

A RIEVOCARE IL NOBILE SACRIFICIO

A CELEBRARE LE VIRTU’ PATRIE

AD ESALTARE L’AMORE DELLA LIBERTA’

QUI PRESSO IL TUMULO DEGLI AVI

DIE DUE GIOVANNI EROI

GRATO IL GOVERNO POSE 25 MARZO 1961 

The translation in English:

(Pictures of Roberto and Leonello)

ROBERTO

FAETANO MARCH 21, 1922 + HOLLAND FEBRUARY 24, 1945

LEONELLO

FAETANO MARCH 1, 1925 + MAY 29, 1944

ROBERTO E LEONELLO BERARDI

BORN ON OUR LAND

EMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

THEY TOOK THEIR PASSION FOR LIBERTY 

SOLDIERS OF THE ARMIES OF LIBERATION

THEY FELL AS HEROES ON EUROPEAN SOIL

WHICH AGAIN WAS OPPRESSED

TO RECALL THE NOBILE SACRIFICE

IS TO CELEBRATE THEIR VIRTUOUS COUNTRY

AND THEIR LOVE OF LIBERTY

HERE AT THEIR  ANCESTOR’S TOMB

THE TWO YOUNG HEROES

A GRATEFUL GOVERNMENT REMEMBERS MARCH 25, 1961