FORLI’. Another special day for the Fiamme Gialle of Forlì-Cesena, who after the 250th Anniversary of the foundation of the Corps celebrated another important birthday: the 107th birthday of retired Corporal Giovanni Cimatti. The Provincial Commander of the Guardia di Finanza, Colonel Vito Pulieri, accompanied by President Mariano Fenu, Vice President Ennio D’Urbano and a delegation from the Forlì section of the National Association of Italian Financiers, met him at his home in Forlì to bring him the best wishes of all the financiers in service and on leave in the province of Forlì-Cesena.
As always in excellent form, the one who is defined as the grandfather of all the Fiamme Gialle of Emilia-Romagna happily welcomed his financier friends, with whom he toasted the two extraordinary ultra-centenary events, remembering with them some of the stages of his exceptional life path.
Born in Forlì on June 30, 1917, Cimatti – awarded a silver medal as a “Prisoner of War” – enlisted in the Guardia di Finanza at just under twenty years of age and was assigned to the Milan Legion. During the Second World War, he witnessed the suffering of war firsthand and took part in war operations when he was sent to the Tirana Legion in 1941; in May 1943, he was captured by German troops and deported to Germany, where he was freed on September 12, 1945. After returning to Italy, he was assigned to the Bologna Legion, but due to illnesses contracted during detention, he was discharged.
