Gloria and Diego celebrate their 64th anniversary in 2019
Mozzanica Timeline
June 1, 1924 — Diego Mozzanica is born in Lecco, Italy, near Lake Como • Oldest of four children • Siblings — sisters Lydia (born 1928) and Anna (1943), brother Luciano (1938) • Early elementary school: Catholic school — finishes at 8th-grade level at age 14 March 1942 — Enlists in Italian Navy at age 17 — goes to Venice for boot camp, trains as radio telegraphist June 1943 — Sent to Sicily at age 19, but never gets there — redirects to Split, Yugoslavia, via Naples September 8, 1943 — Italy surrenders to Allies — Diego and many others head to German internment camp May 8, 1945 — V-E Day: Allies declare Victory in Europe May 25, 1945 — Diego, at age 20, treks to freedom after 20 months as prisoner — transported to Allies camp for repatriation August 14-15, 1945 — Surrender of Japan is announced — the date discrepancy is due to the difference in the international date line between the United States and Japan
Diego with his mother Angelina September 2, 1945 — V-J Day: Allies and his declare Victory over Japan — V-J Day is youngest sister Anna, 12 SEPTEMBER 2022 – www.TodayPublishing.net – TODAY MAGAZINE born in 1943
officially celebrated in the U.S. on this date when surrender documents were signed October 1945 — Diego returns to Italy at age 21 January 1946 — Re-enlists in Navy Summer 1952 — Goes to Tennessee for Naval training with NATO December 1952 — Diego meets Gloria in Hartford, CT while visiting friends of family April 1953 — Returns to Italy, keeps communication with Gloria July 7, 1955 — Diego and Gloria marry — married for 67 years so far January 1956 — Diego, at age 31, asks for discharge from Italian Navy so he can move to America — settles in Hartford 1957 — Becomes U.S. citizen — learns English, later becomes licensed HVAC repairman and licensed plumber 1957 — Lydia is born 1960 — Christine is born Spring 1965 — At age 41, Diego and Gloria move to Bloomfield with their two little girls — he and Gloria still live in Bloomfield +