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Damiano Sartorio,
Piero's father and author of many of the old pictures I included in
this site, was a friend and a relative of Ugo Cavallero who, at that
time, was
president of the Ansaldo company (a state owned heavy industry company).
This friendship allowed family Sartorio to be invited to the launch of
the Rex, at that time the largest transatlantic ever built. The launch
happened on August the 1st, 1931 with the participation of King
Vittorio Emanuele III and Queen Elena.
Accidentally, some years later, Piero was to travel to the United
States on this ship.