Her birthday cake arrived only 77 years later

The United States military gifted a new birthday cake to an Italian woman, exactly 77 years after soldiers fighting in her local village ate the original one made for her 13th birthday.

Two soldiers presented Meri Mion with an icing-covered cake topped with fresh fruit, as per th US army’s official website.

The ceremony took place ahead of Mion’s 90th birthday and was hosted by Italian officials at Giardini Salvi, a park in the heart of Vicenza, Italy.

On April 28, 1945, US troops from the 88th Infantry Division fought against German soldiers in the northeastern Italian city.

Mion was barely a teenager when the battle migrated to her village of San Pietro. As German soldiers opened fire near her farm, she hid with her mother in the attic.

When she woke up the next morning, American troops had taken the freshly-baked birthday cake her mother had left for her on their window sill.

Speaking about Mion’s reaction to her gateau being stolen after the initial joy of her birthday, he added, “Her happiness turned into disappointment later when the resourceful American soldiers made off with her birthday cake. It makes me feel great to give her the cake,” said Wallis, a military police soldier.

Mion wiped tears from her eyes as hundreds of onlookers including US and Italian soldiers, veterans, police and local residents watched the emotional exchange.

Source: Agencies