WORLD WAR II On the front of the Don at Babka; sentinel Alpine protected by a camouflage cover guarding the entrance to an underground shelter; just before the disastrous Soviet assault. It is of the Alpine Neo Ruffini; waiting for the author photo Lt. Robert Cacchi; author of numerous valuable evidence color photographs of the tragic expedition to Russia; both veterans of the survivors of the 2nd Alpine Division "Tridentine"; 6th Alpini Regiment under the command Colonel Paolo Signorini; Battalion Verona. Soviet Union; Fall 1942