Paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade honored World War II U.S. and Italian sacrifices during three days of ceremonies in the Verona region April 30 through May 2, 2015. 

The first event was a 40-mile hike up the western coast of Lake Garda where Col. William O. Darby, founder of the modern U.S. Army rangers, died April 30, 1945, along with men from the U.S. 10th Mountain Division, who fought their way up the lake during World War II.

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