Written on the outside wall of my house ...........

Discussion in 'Italy' started by mau-ww2, Aug 3, 2013.

  1. mau-ww2

    mau-ww2 Junior Member

    Hello

    I do not know if it is the right place to ask this.

    This is written in the exterior wall of my house, I live in the countryside near Arezzo Italian town in Tuscany.

    I can not understand exactly what is indicated thereon.

    They tell me that there was a big crowd of soldiers, perhaps a field? A deposit? I do not know.

    Any idea on what you can read in the wall?

    Thank you all for the help and sorry for my english
     

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  2. idler

    idler GeneralList

    At the first glance, the second line could be AMCU - Anti-Malaria Control Unit?

    There are some war diaries but they are all under medical services rather than theatre so it's not clear which ones would be in Italy. The twentysomethings (if it's 2? AMCU) could match.

    Against that, the very small maps with this report suggest that malaria might not have been a problem in Arezzo. This particular unit might just have been passing through and that might explain the date, which looks like a single day: 21-4-45?

    Malaria was definitely a problem in some areas of Italy:

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  3. snailer

    snailer Country Member

    First line looks like D.D.T. which fits with your Malaria theory.
     
  4. hutchie

    hutchie Dont tell him Pike!!

    looks lke 40 AMCU
     
  5. PsyWar.Org

    PsyWar.Org Archive monkey

    I'd go for:

    D.D.T.,
    43 ACMU
    2? 4 45
     

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  6. 4jonboy

    4jonboy Daughter of a 56 Recce

    That's a good call Lee, now it's highlighted more clearly.
     
  7. idler

    idler GeneralList

    mau-ww2,

    Is there any open water near your house, maybe a pond, lake or ditch? I think the writing is a warning or reminder that the area has been sprayed with DDT. It would have been important to treat such places if there was a permanent camp in the area.
     
  8. Smudger Jnr

    Smudger Jnr Our Man in Berlin

    Just adding that I also see

    DDT

    13 AMCU

    21 4 45

    Regards
    Tom
     
  9. Smudger Jnr

    Smudger Jnr Our Man in Berlin

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  10. idler

    idler GeneralList

    13 might be the lucky one as there is no 43 AMCU at TNA.

    13 AMCU
     
  11. PsyWar.Org

    PsyWar.Org Archive monkey

    There is a 43 AMCU but the diary ends in March 45.
     
  12. idler

    idler GeneralList

    And I was doing so well...
     

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