It is the smallest among the 40 U.S Army cemeteries, but its significance looms large in the history of Fort Drum and the North Country. Members of the Fort Drum community gathered at the POW (Prisoners of War) Cemetery on Nov. 4 to place a wreath at the grave of Pvt. Rino Carlutti, an Italian service member and World War II veteran.

Carlutti was born on April 14, 1922, in S. Daniele del Friuli, Udine, and was raised in a village northwest of Venice at the foot of the Dolomites. While serving in the Italian army, Carlutti was captured in Tunisia. He died in an automobile accident and was buried at Pine Camp with the date of Oct. 17, 1944.