p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"On the Italian Island of Capri in the first half of the Twentieth Century during the reign of King Victor Immanuel/span span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Lived a young boy of fifteen with a pleasant face and a laughing mouth along with care free eyes. This boy was Salvatore. Salvatore was the son of a fisher man and had two younger brothers. His father owned a fishing boat along with a small vineyard. Salvatore was a little lazy hence he was a little late to help his father go fishing. This wasn't the first time he had gone fishing with his father. Salvatore loved the sea he would often throw himself into the deep waters with a cry of delight. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"He spent most of his time nursing his brothers and helping out his father either in the vineyard or while fishing. His mother on the other hand would cook clean and knit clothes for winter or for her growing sons. Overall, it was the ideal family./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"However, the boys in the southern parts grow fast and soon he was madly in love with a pretty girl who lived on the grand marina. She had eyes like the forest pools and held herself like the daughter of Caesars. Her name was span style="color: black; background: white;"ELINA GILBERT/span. They were affectionate but could not marry until Salvatore completed his military training. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"When he was seventeen, he left the island which he had lived on his whole life to serve in the navy of span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"King Victor Immanuel. He began thinking of all the things he would miss, he thought of his home the silent pathways of the mountains he used to walk in and his family. But the person he would miss the most was the girl he loved his fiancé. span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span/span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"Soon Salvatore reached the main land and found the training centre for the new recruits. During his time training he met many people from all over Italy and became friends. Most of them were opting to serve in the army as officers, this gave Salvatore the idea to serve in the armed forces as an officer rather than a crew man. So, with great difficulty and after many long hours of reading and studying he was finally allowed to take the exams to get into officers training. After 12 days he got the approval to join in the officers training, but he was set to be naval officer as he already knew how to swim and sail./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"Salvatore was crestfallen that he could not join the army along with his other friends. But after his friends and a few officers (who seen his potential) prompted and encouraged him finally relented and enlisted in the navy./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"Salvatore was then sent to an officer's school in southern Italy. During his first year he had done a lot of fitness training and mechanical training. He wrote many letters to his family telling them of his success and his improved education showed in the way he wrote his letters to his family. Throughout this he never forgot about the girl he loved and sent her letters every month in turn he would receive letters from her./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"After about three years he graduated from the officer's school and was given the rank of midshipman. Salvatore was now 6 foot 3" with a well-built physique and large hands as tough as steel and a clean shave. None of his family was there for his graduation as they had to take care of their own duties at home. After his graduation he got a letter to train as a submarine operator for the new submarines that would be launched in a year. With the opportunity in his hands, he decided to take it and so started his training with the submarine Corp. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"To keep the submarine a secret from enemies he was told to keep his mouth shut on the matter. In order to keep in touch with his family during the training he had to lie about his posting. He told them he was posted on a battleship that was near China. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"Unfortunately, that very battleship sunk because of an accidental explosion which flooded the ships engines and the ship sank. Now Salvatore had to fake his death in order to keep the submarine's a secret. He had to lie to his family for his country and most importantly break up the engagement with his fiancé. Salvatore wanted to leave everything and go back to his family but he couldn't./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"He soon lost contact with his family and fiancé and was totally cut off from the entire world. But war always comes wen countries start keeping secrets. World War One was already looming around the corner. The war began and so did the panic, confusion and death. During this time the Italian submarines reigned supreme in the underwater warfare. Salvatore who started out as a midshipman in charge of the targeting systems of the submarine was promoted to /spanemspan style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #202122; background: white;"primo /span/emspan style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #202122; background: white;"tenente di vascello/spanspan style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;" (/spanspan style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #202122; background: white;"First ship-of-the-line lieutenant/spanspan style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"). After four years of gruesome tragedies the war came to an end./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"For Salvatore it meant that he could finally go home and tell his family he was alive. His only worry was what he would tell Elina or if she moved on and married someone else. It took him a month after the war ended to reach Italy. Once he was on land, he quickly wrote a letter to his father telling him he was alive and that he would be coming home soon. He soon sent a letter the very next day writing about his achievements and his rank. After the war he was given a six month break and a promotion to captain of the submarine. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"He was ordered to stay in the main land while he was given all his honours and medals for exemplary service in the line of duty. During this time, he received a letter from his father telling him how happy his family was to know that he was alive and well. It also stated that they were proud of his achievements and would like to see him soon. In the bottom of the letter his father wrote that Elina was heart broken that he had died and did not marry anyone 'yet'. She had fallen into a deep depression; her parents coxed her out of her depression and got her engaged to another man. This man was also a naval officer who was a lieutenant named strongRoberto/strong. Salvatore was heartbroken at this. Although he knew that this would happen it would have been better to know that she had married when he was presumed dead then to know that she just got engaged to someone and was going to get married just when he was coming out of hiding. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"Salvatore dint let this affect him as he was going to see his family after seven years and decided to be happy. 25 days later he had finally reached the Italian Island of Capri, his home town. Over there standing ready to greet hem were his family. He greeted his family in his full naval uniform with all his honours displayed by the multiple medals on his chest. His family was pleasantly shocked to see the young man before the who was just a scrawny little boy when he left./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"After going home news started spreading that some high-ranking officer is visiting the home of the late Salvatore. Slowly all the towns' people started making their way to Salvatore's home to see the officer. They were all surprised to see that the high-ranking officer was none other than Salvatore./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"He explained his predicament to everyone as the submarines were no longer a secret after which the surprise turned into amazement at the achievements of the young man in front of them. Soon night came and everyone dispersed and went back home. A few days later in a church on the marina island there was a wedding between two lovers. These were Elina and Roberto. Fortunately, or unfortunately these two were not really in love with each other Elina was still mourning the loss of her first lover and so was Roberto who was mourning the loss of his lover who was a killed during the war. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"Soon people started filling up into the hall and the wedding began. Elina was walked down the aisle by her father she realised that her husband to be was mote taller and had more honours than when she saw him for the first time. She chalked it up to her imagination. When she finally reached the aisle the face that greeted her was not Roberto but Salvatore, she thought she was dreaming but she wasn't she could feel him embracing he with his strong arms and tender touch. She had never felt happier than this. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"The only words that came out of her mouth was, "is this a dream?". To which she received an answer by the person she longed for the most saying, "No, it's real I am alive and we are finally getting married". With that they quickly finished their vows along with a passionate kiss and were now husband and wife./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"Epilogue: - 5 years later /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"Salvatore was now a father of four two boys and two girls. He had bought a big vineyard on the Island of Capri and was now a retired man with a staple pension to live sufficiently along with his family. He had explained his faked death and his reasons to go along with it to Elina she was at first sad that he put the nation before his family but later understood his reasons. He was a loving and gentle father and treated his children kindly. He often took them fishing along with his brothers and on Sundays, he would take them to the beach to play while he and his wife would sit on the sand under an umbrella. Overall, Salvatore married the girl he loved had a family and found his happiness in life./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"The end /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"He spent most of his time nursing his brothers and helping out his father either in the vineyard or while fishing. His mother on the other hand would cook clean and knit clothes for winter or for her growing sons. Overall, it was the ideal family./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"However, the boys in the southern parts grow fast and soon he was madly in love with a pretty girl who lived on the grand marina. She had eyes like the forest pools and held herself like the daughter of Caesars. Her name was span style="color: black; background: white;"ELINA GILBERT/span. They were affectionate but could not marry until Salvatore completed his military training. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"When he was seventeen, he left the island which he had lived on his whole life to serve in the navy of span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"King Victor Immanuel. He began thinking of all the things he would miss, he thought of his home the silent pathways of the mountains he used to walk in and his family. But the person he would miss the most was the girl he loved his fiancé. span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span/span/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"Soon Salvatore reached the main land and found the training centre for the new recruits. During his time training he met many people from all over Italy and became friends. Most of them were opting to serve in the army as officers, this gave Salvatore the idea to serve in the armed forces as an officer rather than a crew man. So, with great difficulty and after many long hours of reading and studying he was finally allowed to take the exams to get into officers training. After 12 days he got the approval to join in the officers training, but he was set to be naval officer as he already knew how to swim and sail./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"Salvatore was crestfallen that he could not join the army along with his other friends. But after his friends and a few officers (who seen his potential) prompted and encouraged him finally relented and enlisted in the navy./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"Salvatore was then sent to an officer's school in southern Italy. During his first year he had done a lot of fitness training and mechanical training. He wrote many letters to his family telling them of his success and his improved education showed in the way he wrote his letters to his family. Throughout this he never forgot about the girl he loved and sent her letters every month in turn he would receive letters from her./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"After about three years he graduated from the officer's school and was given the rank of midshipman. Salvatore was now 6 foot 3" with a well-built physique and large hands as tough as steel and a clean shave. None of his family was there for his graduation as they had to take care of their own duties at home. After his graduation he got a letter to train as a submarine operator for the new submarines that would be launched in a year. With the opportunity in his hands, he decided to take it and so started his training with the submarine Corp. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"To keep the submarine a secret from enemies he was told to keep his mouth shut on the matter. In order to keep in touch with his family during the training he had to lie about his posting. He told them he was posted on a battleship that was near China. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"Unfortunately, that very battleship sunk because of an accidental explosion which flooded the ships engines and the ship sank. Now Salvatore had to fake his death in order to keep the submarine's a secret. He had to lie to his family for his country and most importantly break up the engagement with his fiancé. Salvatore wanted to leave everything and go back to his family but he couldn't./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"He soon lost contact with his family and fiancé and was totally cut off from the entire world. But war always comes wen countries start keeping secrets. World War One was already looming around the corner. The war began and so did the panic, confusion and death. During this time the Italian submarines reigned supreme in the underwater warfare. Salvatore who started out as a midshipman in charge of the targeting systems of the submarine was promoted to /spanemspan style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #202122; background: white;"primo /span/emspan style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #202122; background: white;"tenente di vascello/spanspan style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;" (/spanspan style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #202122; background: white;"First ship-of-the-line lieutenant/spanspan style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"). After four years of gruesome tragedies the war came to an end./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"For Salvatore it meant that he could finally go home and tell his family he was alive. His only worry was what he would tell Elina or if she moved on and married someone else. It took him a month after the war ended to reach Italy. Once he was on land, he quickly wrote a letter to his father telling him he was alive and that he would be coming home soon. He soon sent a letter the very next day writing about his achievements and his rank. After the war he was given a six month break and a promotion to captain of the submarine. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"He was ordered to stay in the main land while he was given all his honours and medals for exemplary service in the line of duty. During this time, he received a letter from his father telling him how happy his family was to know that he was alive and well. It also stated that they were proud of his achievements and would like to see him soon. In the bottom of the letter his father wrote that Elina was heart broken that he had died and did not marry anyone 'yet'. She had fallen into a deep depression; her parents coxed her out of her depression and got her engaged to another man. This man was also a naval officer who was a lieutenant named strongRoberto/strong. Salvatore was heartbroken at this. Although he knew that this would happen it would have been better to know that she had married when he was presumed dead then to know that she just got engaged to someone and was going to get married just when he was coming out of hiding. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"Salvatore dint let this affect him as he was going to see his family after seven years and decided to be happy. 25 days later he had finally reached the Italian Island of Capri, his home town. Over there standing ready to greet hem were his family. He greeted his family in his full naval uniform with all his honours displayed by the multiple medals on his chest. His family was pleasantly shocked to see the young man before the who was just a scrawny little boy when he left./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"After going home news started spreading that some high-ranking officer is visiting the home of the late Salvatore. Slowly all the towns' people started making their way to Salvatore's home to see the officer. They were all surprised to see that the high-ranking officer was none other than Salvatore./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"He explained his predicament to everyone as the submarines were no longer a secret after which the surprise turned into amazement at the achievements of the young man in front of them. Soon night came and everyone dispersed and went back home. A few days later in a church on the marina island there was a wedding between two lovers. These were Elina and Roberto. Fortunately, or unfortunately these two were not really in love with each other Elina was still mourning the loss of her first lover and so was Roberto who was mourning the loss of his lover who was a killed during the war. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"Soon people started filling up into the hall and the wedding began. Elina was walked down the aisle by her father she realised that her husband to be was mote taller and had more honours than when she saw him for the first time. She chalked it up to her imagination. When she finally reached the aisle the face that greeted her was not Roberto but Salvatore, she thought she was dreaming but she wasn't she could feel him embracing he with his strong arms and tender touch. She had never felt happier than this. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"The only words that came out of her mouth was, "is this a dream?". To which she received an answer by the person she longed for the most saying, "No, it's real I am alive and we are finally getting married". With that they quickly finished their vows along with a passionate kiss and were now husband and wife./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"Epilogue: - 5 years later /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"Salvatore was now a father of four two boys and two girls. He had bought a big vineyard on the Island of Capri and was now a retired man with a staple pension to live sufficiently along with his family. He had explained his faked death and his reasons to go along with it to Elina she was at first sad that he put the nation before his family but later understood his reasons. He was a loving and gentle father and treated his children kindly. He often took them fishing along with his brothers and on Sundays, he would take them to the beach to play while he and his wife would sit on the sand under an umbrella. Overall, Salvatore married the girl he loved had a family and found his happiness in life./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;"The end /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; background: white;" /span/p