Meri Mion, who is celebrating her 90th birthday on Friday, did not expect a gift, and tears welled up in her eyes as she handed it over. According to the AP, the woman called “mamma mia” and thanked the soldiers who gave her the cake on the occasion of the anniversary of the day when the American unit entered the city of Vicenza in 1945.
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“We dream of him and our whole family to remember that wonderful day I will never forget,” Mion said.
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According to the US military, the incident took place when Mum’s mother baked a cake for Mion’s 13th birthday and let it cool on the window.
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American soldiers who fought against the German occupiers in the area were hungry and took the cake from the windowsill and ate it.
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