Pietro Micheletti
Pietro Micheletti (19 October 1900 – 25 March 2005) was an Italian military commander. He was born in Maciano di Pennabilli, the second of three brothers. His Marche family had moved to Pennabilli in 1500 from Trapani, Sicily.
He volunteered for frontline service in 1917 during World War I and joined the elite Arditi at the Battle of the Piave River, fighting on 15 June 1918. For bravery he earned the Military Cross and the World War I Victory Medal. After the war he worked with his battalion commander at the War Office, taking on executive roles in the Department of Defence. In December 1919 he served on the military commission that negotiated the surrender of Fiume by Gabriele D’Annunzio.
In 1958 the Italian President named him Knight of the Order of Vittorio Veneto. In 2000 the Marche Region Council awarded him the Cross of the Marche Region to celebrate its 100th anniversary. On 29 November 2003 the City of Pennabilli gave him the keys to the city, an honor rarely given. In April 2004 the Governor of Pesaro and Urbino Province paid tribute to him.
On 2 June 2005 President Ciampi noted his heroic deeds in World War I and supported a request to appoint him Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. He died on 25 March 2005 at age 104 in Pennabilli. In 2019 a street in Pennabilli was named after him.
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