Giuseppe Torcasio in uniform with the heavy artillery regiment insignia on his peaked visor cap, WWII North Africa. Giuseppe Torcasio an NCO/candidate officer was in the Italian heavy artillery battery with 2 x Obice da 149/19 model 37 Heavy Howitzer's a World War II veteran who saw action in Tobruk and the battles for El Alamein North Africa. Participated in Operation Compass was known by the Italians as the "Battle of the Marmarica".