Corp. Manuel Alonzo was yesterday sentenced to five and one-half year’s imprisonment by a U.S. court martial for the fatal shooting of Anselmo Effratti, 25, an Italian Jew. Effratti was shot last month during a brawl between American soldiers and Italian civilians.
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