US Army 'returns' cake to Italian woman for 90th birthday

Associated Press

Soldiers from U.S. Army Garrison Italy return a birthday cake to Meri Mion, center, in Vicenza, northern Italy, Thursday, April 28, 2022, to replace the one U.S. soldiers ate as they entered her hometown during one of the final battles of World War II. Meri Mion, who turns 90 on Friday, wiped away tears as she was presented with the cake. Mion was a 13-year-old when Americans came to her nearby village, San Pietro in Gù. (Laura Krieder, U.S. Army via AP) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

The U.S. Army celebrated an Italian woman with a birthday cake.

During a ceremony in Vicenza, northwest of Venice, Mion was presented with a cake and wiped away tears. On April 28, 1945, the 88th Infantry Division fought its way into the city.

According to the U.S. Army, Mion and her mother hid in the attic of their farm in the village of San Pietro. American soldiers were nearby when Mion woke up on her 13th birthday, despite the fact that German soldiers had fired on the house.

Mion's mother baked her a birthday cake and left it on the windowsill to cool, according to the U.S. Army Garrison Italy. It vanished as hungry American soldiers entered Vicenza along its main thoroughfare, having already been feted by Italians with wine and bread.

Mion was surprised that the U.S. soldiers had returned the cake. As a small crowd of U.S. commanders and Italian officials sang Happy Birthday, she marveled.

According to the U.S. Army, Mion said that they would eat the dessert with all their family remembering the day.

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