Italian woman who 'got back' stolen WWII birthday cake dies

Italian woman who 'got back' stolen Second World War birthday cake dies

U.S. soldiers apparently ate Meri Mion's cake as they helped liberate Italy in 1945, and on Thursday, served as pallbearers at her funeral.

Italian woman who 'got back' stolen WWII birthday cake dies

U.S. soldiers apparently ate Meri Mion's 13th birthday cake as they helped liberate Italy in 1945, while others made up for the loss on her 90th birthday last year, and on Thursday, served as pallbearers at her funeral.

Italian woman who 'got back' stolen WWII birthday cake dies

U.S. soldiers apparently ate Meri Mion’s 13th birthday cake as they helped liberate Italy in 1945, while others made up for the loss on her 90th birthday last year and have now acted as pallbearers at her funeral. Mion died surrounded by her children in the northern city of Vicenza, west of Venice, on March 5, following a brief illness. U.S. Army Garrison Italy soldiers volunteered as pallbearers at her funeral Thursday in a gesture of support t…

Italian woman who 'got back' stolen WWII birthday cake dies

U.S. soldiers apparently ate Meri Mion’s 13th birthday cake as they helped liberate Italy in 1945, while others made up for the loss on her 90th birthday last year and

Italian woman who 'got back' stolen WWII birthday cake dies

Soldiers from the U.S. Army Garrison Italy carry the coffin of Meri Mion at her funeral Thursday, March 9, 2023, in Grumolo delle Abbadesse, near Vicenza, northern Italy. In April 2022, U.S. Army Garrison Italy returned to her the cake made for her thirteen birthday that was left on a window sill of her house and eaten in 1945 by American troops fighting near Vicenza. Meri Mion was 90. (Rick Scavetta/U.S. Army Garrison Italy via AP)(Rick Scavett…

Italian woman who 'got back' stolen WWII birthday cake dies

U.S. soldiers apparently ate Meri Mion’s 13th birthday cake as they helped liberate Italy in 1945, while others made up for the loss on her 90th birthday last year and have now acted as pallbearers at her funeral