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Michael R. Gallinoto

SILVER STAR

 FIRST LIEUTENANT MICHAEL R. GALLINOTO


GENERAL ORDERS) HEADQUARTERS THIRD INFANTRY DIVISION


NUMBER 256) APO# 3       15 JULY 1945


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Award of Silver Star....I


AWARD OF SILVER STAR. Under the provisions of Army regulations 600-45, as amended, a Silver Star is awarded to each of the following named individuals.


MICHAEL R. GALLINOTO, 01 043 635. First Lieutenant, Infantry, Anti-Tank Company, 15th. Infantry Regiment. For gallantry in action. On April 8,1945, at 17:00 hours, near Schonau, Germany, First Lieutenant GALLINOTO first reconnoitered the area his platoon was to attack, killing two and capturing four enemy in the course of his reconnaissance. Well ahead of his men, with enemy bullets barely missing him, First Lieutenant GALLINOTO then led his platoon forward against a force of seventy five enemy, killing twenty five capturing twenty, wounding an unknown number of the enemy, and forcing the remainder to flee after a brisk fire fight.


Residence, Bronx, New York


BY COMMAND OF BRIGADIER GENERAL SEXTON


CHARLES E. JOHNSON
Colonel, GEC: Chief of staff
Official:
S.J. Rogers
Lt. Colonel, AGD
Adjutant General
JAMES S. FOGARTY 2ND. Lt. CAC
68th. AAA Gun Bn. Ft. Bliss, Texas


Other link to the 3rd.. Division: http://www.warfoto.com/3rdsocietyphoto


Additional information: Michael was also awarded:
Bronze Star
Purple Heart
Commendation Medal (Medal of Merit)
Three Bronze Battle Stars  (2 European Campaign) (1 Adriatic Camppaign)s.



He also retired with the rank of full Colonel

Sargento Mayor Abelardo Gallinato

I have been researching the Gallinoto family roots for about 20 years and stumbled upon the name Gallinato.

The Gallinato name is of Italian origin and it is quite unique. Below is some information regarding Abelardo Gallinato. I would not be surprised the he may be part of the Gallinoto blood line.

Forgotten HeroesSargento Mayor Abelardo Gallinato

On July 11, 1865 Abelardo entered the Spanish army as an Artillery Soldier and participated in the wars against Spain.

He reached the degree of Lieutenant and participated in the war of the Pacific. Fought in the battle of Calama, Chile and was present in the bombing of the city of Antofagastan, Chile on May 26, 1879. Lieutenant Gallinato's Second Artillery Regiment participated in the taking of the city of Pisaqua, Chile on November 2, 1879, and in the battle of Dolores in the city of Tarapaca, Peru in November 19, 1879.

On December 30, 1880 he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant Mayor . Graduated in the Second Artillery Regiment and fought the battles of Chorrillos and Miraflores in Lima, Peru on January 13, 14, 1881. He also participated in the taking of Arequipa ( in the Andes of southern Peru) on October 24, 1883.

Andronico (Andronio) Gallinoto

Messina, Sicily

In the year 1446 Cardinal, Callisto III and King Alfonso of Aragon came to an agreement to start an academy for Greek studies for the clergy and the scholars of Calabria and Sicily. They established this in the Greek Gymnasium of Messina at the San Salvatore Monastery.
The first master of Greek culture and language to be summoned for this task was Andronico ( Andronio) Gallinoto of Monaco who emigrated to Constantinople (Istanbul). After that the celebrate Constantino Lascaris who escaped from Constantinople after the metropolis fell in the hands of the Turks, taught from 1462 until 1493.
The problem was that these lessons did not benefit those who it was intended for, such as the Basilica Monks and the Greeks of the region, but to the humanistic scholars of Italy who had heard of these masters came down to Messina to listen and learn.
The walls of the Monastery of Saint Salvatore had to be reconstructed and today on this site stands the National Museum of Messina.Andronico (Andronio) Gallinoto Born About 1415 and died about 1485.

Note:

Messina

– The Gate of Sicily, lies at bottom of mountain jails of Pelioritanii. Founded by Greeks in the 8th century BC, it was destroyed by Carthaginians in 397 BC. The Romans took the rebuilt city in 264 BC, precipitating the First Punic War. After the war it became a free city allied with Rome. It was taken successively by the Goths, Byzantines, Arabs, Normans, Spaniards, and finally (in 1860) Italians. Messina was decimated by the plague in 1743 and suffered severe earthquakes in 1783 and 1908. Heavily bombed during World War II, it was rebuilt.

Messina nowadays is the third largest city on the island of Sicily and the capital of the province of Messina. It's population of 250,000 inhabitants in the city and almost 500,000 in the metropolitan area is still mirroring the intercultural history of this area. The University of Messina was founded in 1548 and has about 40.000 students.

LORENZO SUAREZ GALLINOTO

LORENZO SUAREZ GALLINOTO

http://www.archive.org/stream/countlucanororfi00juaniala/countlucanororfi00juaniala_djvu.txt

LUCANOR ; of Patronio

WRITTEN BY THE PRINCE DON JUAN MANUEL

(Introducing for the first time in England one of the choicest productions of early Spanish literature a book written a century before the invention of printing it may be as well to say a few words as to the author and the times in which he lived. Don Juan Manuel was born in Escalona, on the 5th May, 1282. His father, Don Pedro Manuel, a brother of Alfonso the Wise, died when he was two years old. Don Juan was educated by his cousin, Sancho IV, and lived with him on the same familiar terms as his father had with Alfonso. He exhibited early those warlike tendencies which characterized all the great Spanish nobles of that time; in 1294, while yet a boy, he was already in the field against the Moors, Under Ferdinand IV.)

The holy and good King Ferdinand, having be- sieged Seville, had among his followers three knights, who were considered the best and bravest in the world. One was Lorenzo Suarez Gallinato , another was Garciperez de Vargas, but the name of the ther I have forgotten. These three knights had, one day, a dispute among themselves as to who was the most daring and valiant ; and, since they could not agree in any other manner, they each determined to reach the gate of Seville, and to strike it with their lances.

The following morning they armed, and rode towards the city. Now when the Moors who were on the bastions and towers saw only three knights , they thought that they came as envoys, so allowed them to pass the moat, and parapet, and

arrive at the city gate. On reaching

the gate, each knight struck it with his lance, and having done so, turned his horse's head towards the camp.

When the Moors saw the knights returning without leaving any message, they concluded that they had come only to offer an insult, and so determined to pursue them. On opening the gate the Moors found that the knights had already gone some distance ; never- the less they followed them with fifteen hundred horses, and more than twenty thousand men on foot

Now when the three knights saw the Moors approaching, they turned their horses, and waited their arrival; but, on their coming nearer, the knight, whose name I have forgotten, was the first to charge them, whilst Lorenzo Suarez and Garciperez remained quiet ; but, on the Moors coming still nearer, Garciperez charged them also, Lorenzo Suarez at the same time remaining stationary until the Moors forced him to the attack ; when he threw himself among them and performed wonderful acts of valour.

When the royal army saw their knights surrounded by the Moors, they hastened to their assistance, as they saw them in great danger ; but, by the mercy of God, none of these knights were mortally (although severely) wounded. The conflict, however, between the Moors and Christians became so general that king Ferdinand was obliged to approach in person ; and on that day the Christians displayed great valour.

When the king returned to the camp, he ordered these three knights to be brought before him, telling them that they deserved death for having acted so foolishly, by having without his orders brought on a general engagement ; thereby causing the loss of many brave soldiers. The chiefs of the army, however, interceded with the king for them, and they were liberated in consequence.

"Soon after, the king, hearing that the knights had acted from a spirit of emulation, ordered them to attend again, and assembled all the most valiant men of his army ; so that they might decide which was the bravest. The debate was animated , each bringing forth good reason for praising his own party some maintaining that he who first attacked the Moors displayed the greatest courage ; others giving preference to the second ; the decision, however, was given thus : " If the Moors who approached had not been so numerous, and could skill and courage have conquered, then the knight who first charged them only began that which he might have completed; but, since this was not the case, he must have approached, not to conquer, but, through shame of flight, and an inability to resist the influence of fear , therefore it was that he made the attack. The second had better hopes than the first, because he resisted acting in an hopeless cause and bore longer the emotions consequent upon his perilous position. But, Lorenzo Suarez Gallinato, who waited until the Moors attacked him, was judged to be the most valiant. " And you, my lord, although you are kept in the state of alarm and suspicion of which you now complain, yet engage not in a struggle the end of which you cannot foresee, continue to exercise your good sense, and do not suffer yourself to be led away by false reports. Your defenses are good, so that, even from a sudden attack , you cannot receive much damage. "I advise you now, my lord, to be of good cheer, since you cannot be seriously injured. Wait before you act, for perhaps you will see that the reports which annoy you are not true. Those who create these alarms seek only their own interest; and believe me, whether they be of your own or your enemy's people, they are indifferent whether it be war or peace; their object being only that they may be favored with an opportunity during the commotion to gratify their wicked passions so that, during the conflict between you and your enemy, they may possess themselves, not only of that belonging to yourself, but of that which belongs to others, without fear of punishment. " So that you are secured against any sudden attack, it is much better to wait until the wrong comes from the other side. Be patient all may yet end well. God will be with you, which in such a cause is no small matter. Again, all people will know that you act only for your own preservation ; nor can your enemy declare himself aggrieved. Thus may you preserve peace, which is agreeable to the will of God and all good men."

Don Juan, finding this to be a good example, wrote the following lines, which say : When danger comes, haste not to meet it, Quietly wait, yet boldly treat it.

Of these three knights of the thirteenth century, we have little on record. Don Lorenzo Suarez Gallinato has, however, been mentioned in another example, the forty-ninth chapter of this work by Don Manuel, where he appears, although a Christian, to have occupied the distinguished post of Chief of the body-guard to the King of Granada.