Giuseppe Perrone (1906-1945), born in Giusvalla (Savona), a small town in the Ligurian Apennines, third of 5 children (one of his brothers is a doctor, the other lawyer, the third missionary in South America), he enlisted for 18 years as a volunteer in the Army, then he had a career in various bodies (Alpini, Bersaglieri, Carabinieri) leaving with the rank of colonel of the Carabinieri.