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== Biography ==

Sabbadini was born in Rome to a Jewish family in 1916 and escaped Fascist Italy on the eve of WWII, only to join the fight with the U.S. 5th Army a few years later. He unconscious, shrapnel wound; returned to duty 11 August 1943. Alessandro graduated from Special Class (SC) No. He worked as a career as professional fine arts appraiser and auctioneer in California. He worked as manager in factory producing smoking pipes. After three years in the U.S., Sabbadini became one of the first Ritchie Boys and was one of the very few Italian-born Jews to fight with the Allies in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy. Sabbadini graduated from Camp Ritchie in late 1942 and served in combat, initially as an enemy alien until he received battlefield citizenship in North Africa prior to the invasion of Sicily on July 10, 1943. After Sicily and Salerno, Sabbadini’s third amphibious landing was at the Anzio beachhead (Operation SHINGLE on January 22, 1944), where he arrived on the beach just two hundred yards from the Sabbadini villa where he spent the first 23 summers of his life. There was no trace of the Sabbadini family in the beach house, and only after four more months would he know that his family in Rome had been hiding, and that all were safe. In another episode near the end of the war, Sabbadini was assigned to a special unit ordered to capture Fascist leader Benito Mussolini. They missed Il Duce by mere hours in late April 1945, but Sabbadini was able to sit at Mussolini’s undisturbed desk, examining the late Italian dictator’s military and personal documents, including those that led to Sabbadini's expulsion from Italy 7 years earlier.

On 13 June 1943, Sabbadini worked as a naturalized as an American citizen while in Algeria by INS Director Henry.

== Research notes ==

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* Born 26 October 1916 in Rome, Italy.

* 11 November 1942 — Joined Army in NYC as Pvt (ASN 32626304). Assigned to Camp Upton NY.

* 10 July 1943 — Landed near Licata, Sicily with 3rd Infantry Division (Operation Husky).

* 13 February 1943 — Promoted to T/3. Ordered away. Assignment: I-29.

* 13 June 1943 — Naturalized as an American citizen while in Algeria by INS Director Henry.

* 15 February 1943 — Shipped by air to Algeria (arr. 2/28) assigned to special G-2 Advanced Document Section.

* 6 January 1943 — Promoted to SOS Cpl.

* Unconscious, shrapnel wound; returned to duty 11 August 1943.

* 6 July 1945 — Assigned to OSS.

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 == Biography ==
 Sabbadini was born in Rome to a Jewish family in 1916 and escaped Fascist Italy on the eve of WWII, only to join the fight with the U.S. 5th Army a few years later. He unconscious, shrapnel wound; returned to duty 11 August 1943. Alessandro graduated from Special Class (SC) No. He worked as a career as professional fine arts appraiser and auctioneer in California. He worked as manager in factory producing smoking pipes. After three years in the U.S., Sabbadini became one of the first Ritchie Boys and was one of the very few Italian-born Jews to fight with the Allies in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy. Sabbadini graduated from Camp Ritchie in late 1942 and served in combat, initially as an enemy alien until he received battlefield citizenship in North Africa prior to the invasion of Sicily on July 10, 1943. After Sicily and Salerno, Sabbadini’s third amphibious landing was at the Anzio beachhead (Operation SHINGLE on January 22, 1944), where he arrived on the beach just two hundred yards from the Sabbadini villa where he spent the first 23 summers of his life. There was no trace of the Sabbadini family in the beach house, and only after four more months would he know that his family in Rome had been hiding, and that all were safe. In another episode near the end of the war, Sabbadini was assigned to a special unit ordered to capture Fascist leader Benito Mussolini. They missed Il Duce by mere hours in late April 1945, but Sabbadini was able to sit at Mussolini’s undisturbed desk, examining the late Italian dictator’s military and personal documents, including those that led to Sabbadini's expulsion from Italy 7 years earlier.
+On 13 June 1943, Sabbadini worked as a naturalized as an American citizen while in Algeria by INS Director Henry.
 == Research notes ==
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+* Born 26 October 1916 in Rome, Italy.
 * 11 November 1942 — Joined Army in NYC as Pvt (ASN 32626304). Assigned to Camp Upton NY.
 * 10 July 1943 — Landed near Licata, Sicily with 3rd Infantry Division (Operation Husky).
+* 13 February 1943 — Promoted to T/3. Ordered away. Assignment: I-29.
 * 13 June 1943 — Naturalized as an American citizen while in Algeria by INS Director Henry.
 * 15 February 1943 — Shipped by air to Algeria (arr. 2/28) assigned to special G-2 Advanced Document Section.
+* 6 January 1943 — Promoted to SOS Cpl.
 * Unconscious, shrapnel wound; returned to duty 11 August 1943.
 * 6 July 1945 — Assigned to OSS.