Bell for Adano, A - John Hersey
A Bell For Adano
By John Hersey
Foreword
MAJOR VICTOR JOPPOLO, U.S.A., WAS A GOOD man. You will see that. It is the whole reason why I want you to know his story.
He was the Amgot officer o f a small Italian town called Adano. He was more or less the American mayor after our invasion.
Amgot, as you know, stood for Allied Military Government Occupied Territory. The authorities decided, shortly after the happenings o f this story, that the word Amgot had an ugly Germanic sound, an ...