UKRAINIANS IN ITALIAN ARMY
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From the ounset of war in the East, four Ukrainian students who studied in seminary in Rome volunteered to be translators with the Italian Army. On 28th of March, 1942, after passing the military commission they were admitted to ARMIR - Italian Armed Forces. While in service, they were automatically given Italian citizenship (with Italian names) and officer ranks. Once in the army, the students were transfered to Mediolana in Lombardy for further training. On 20th of June, they left for Eastern Front. Volodymyr Grabets' (Luigi Gabini) as an officer became member of special unit APPO 300, which was moved to the Donets region in Ukraine. Melentiy Voinar (known as Michaelo del Bosko) served in Southern Ukraine with the Torino division. The other two students were Peter Diachyshyn and Vasyl Vavryk, however it's unknown with which units they served. All Ukrainian volunteers wore standard uniform of an officer of Italian Army.