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1962 Carlo Gambino Paid For a Black Veteran's House — Because of What Happened in WWII

November 14th, 1944. Sommocolonia, Italy. Private James Washington, a 22-year-old Black soldier in the 92nd Infantry Division, found a wounded Italian civilian trapped in a destroyed farmhouse as German artillery closed in. The Italian's name was Carlo Gambino. He was terrified—not just of the Germans, but of the Black soldier standing over him. But James didn't care about the fear in Carlo's eyes. He pulled him from the rubble, put him on his back, and carried him three miles through German fire to safety. They never saw each other again. The war separated them. James came home to Brooklyn in 1946 and spent eighteen years working as a janitor, living in poverty, struggling with shrapnel wounds the military wouldn't treat. Carlo Gambino became the boss of one of New York's five Mafia families. And for eighteen years, he searched for the Black soldier who'd saved his life. He only knew his first name: James. In 1962, Gambino finally found him. And what he did next proved that some debts can never be forgotten—no matter how much time passes. Subscribe for more untold stories about honor, gratitude, and the debts that transcend everything.