Un gaetano in America. E-book. Formato EPUB Raymond A. Vaudo   -  Ali Ribelli Edizioni, 2023  - 

Questa è la storia inedita di un orgoglioso italiano di nome Pietro Paolo Vaudo, nato a Gaeta, in Italia, nel 1915. Attraverso le sue memorie, Pietro Paolo ci condurrà in un viaggio insieme appassionante e difficile che innalza sul podio della vita un esempio di uomo che non ha smesso mai di perseverare e credere nella propria determinazione.Nato in una famiglia di pescatori viene educato alla prudenza dal padre e temprato dalla forte personalità del fratello Antonio. Il desiderio di conoscenza e la voglia di andare oltre, a poco meno di venti anni, lo portano ad entrare nella Marina Militare ignaro di quanto sarebbe stato lungo il periodo di leva ed il successivo arruolamento. Dopo l’otto settembre 1943 si apre un capitolo della vita fatto di prigionia e astuzia per districarsi dalle infinite trappole che la triste condizione paventava. Emerge in ogni parola, in ogni frase, lo spirito di un uomo buono, coraggioso e forte che si fa insieme traino e compagno… quel compagno che tutti vorremmo avere.Finita la guerra, il ritorno a Gaeta e la ripartenza… Stavolta l’America, il suo sogno, diventerà realtà, percorrendola da est a ovest non senza un’incursione in Canada, rientrando dal quale potrà finalmente essere cittadino americano, con Gaeta nel cuore, anche se non vi farà mai più ritorno, e l’amore riversato nel figlio Raymond.  

A Gaetano in AmericaMy unexpected journey from Gaeta, Italy to the United States. E-book. Formato EPUB Raymond A. Vaudo   -  Ali Ribelli Edizioni, 2023  - 

This is the untold story of a proud Italian named Pietro Paolo Vaudo who was born in Gaeta, Italy, in 1915. Through his memoirs, he recalls his early years of schooling and some memorable misadventures that lured him into the workforce at an early age. He recounts his family’s fishing business and his contentious relationship with his oldest brother. Although he learned to fish as a young child, he grew increasingly dissatisfied with the prospects of living his whole life as a fisherman in the small town of Gaeta.He joined the Italian Navy shortly before his twentieth birthday for a tour of 28 months. At that time, he had no idea of the true duration of his military service and of the harsh and perilous events that were to come. As World War II raged on, Italy extended his naval service, and he was subsequently captured by the Germans as a prisoner of war. He shares with us his unexpected travels and remarkable events as a prisoner of war with incredible detail. As his captors moved him from place-to-place, he shares with us his thoughts of survival as he holds out hope of returning home to his birthplace - Gaeta, Italy.Not long after his return to Gaeta, he told his mother and family that he was “going to America.” He details his travels to America and his unusual “Italian style” courtship with his wife-to-be. The journey to America and his courtship were also not flawless undertakings. He persevered and made it to America, married, and had a son to carry forward the Vaudo surname and family lineage. He stayed in “America” the rest of his life but chose to remain an Italian citizen residing in the United States.