Bodies Of WWI Soldiers Found In Glacier

[matcom]

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ROME (Reuters) - The bodies of three Austrian soldiers killed in World War One have been found frozen and almost perfectly preserved in an Italian Alpine glacier.



Mountain rescue worker Maurizio Vicenzi discovered the mummified bodies on Friday, encased upside down in ice at 11,940 feet altitude on San Matteo mountain near the Swiss and Austrian borders.


"Using binoculars, I saw what looked like a stain on the Forni glacier and went to look," Vicenzi, 46, from the northern Italian town of Peio told Reuters on Monday.


"When I got close I discovered they were the bodies of soldiers frozen in the glacier. Nothing like this has ever happened in my lifetime. Bodies haven't been found in the ice around here for decades," he said.


Vicenzi's fellow rescue workers helped him remove the bodies on Sunday and transfer them to the Peio morgue by helicopter.

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[Khephra]

1. That's interesting!

That's near where--if I'm not mistaken--that my grandfather spent his time during WW2. He was part of the ski patrol.

[JohnKleeb]

2. Thats very interesting

Sad in a lot way too because their families wondered and probably died without knowing what really happened.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

3. Well, at least they will know soon.

[JohnKleeb]

5. I think their parents and wives are dead

and have they identifed the guys even?

[YellowRubberDuckie]

6. Hey, they could have had kids/siblings/neices/nephews...

And I'm sure always the talk of the family.
Duckie

[JohnKleeb]

8. yeah but still

86 years after the fact, also most soldiers were young guys about 18-19 years of age, I doubt they had kids, and if they did, you know those kids would be my nana's age and my nana is lucky to have lived that long. Still sad all and all, at least theres some closure.

[soothsayer]

4. Cool!

Er....cold.

[Spinzonner]

7. Did they have to pry their guns from their cold, dead hands ...

Oops, wrong forum. SOrry.

[leeman67]

9. ROFL

:D

[THUNDER HANDS]

10. LOL

best...use...of...that...phrase...ever! :D

[Renew Deal]

11. lol

:spank:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

12. That was EVIL

I loved it! :evilgrin: