Ukusa kweSonto, NgoJuni 21, 1942, wabona iTobruk evutha amalangabi. uCorporal Hyams namanye amalungu e-RLI Composite Company aqale uhambo olungamakhilomitha ayikhulu empumalanga eya emngceleni osempumalanga waseGibhithe. Ngemuva kokuphunyuka okuningana okuncane okugwema amasoja we-Axis , futhi ehlushwa ukushoda kokudla namanzi, iqembu lafika emngceleni weGibhithe neLibya, futhi kwangenelela. NgoJuni 27, UDanny namabutho akhe bathunjwa ngabaphangi bakaMusolini. Uchungechunge lokudluliselwa emakamu ahlukahlukene eziboshwa-ezempi lwenzeka baze bathunyelwa “eCampo Concentrate eGrumellina” eBergamo.

NgoSepthemba 8, 1943, Isimemezelo seBadoglio simemezela i-armistice phakathi kweze -Italy ne-Allied Forces, iziboshwa zempi eGrumellina zaphuma endaweni yeziboshwa zingaqhaphiwe (onogada sebeshiyile izikhala zabo) futhi wabalekela ezintabeni ngemuva kweBergamo. Bakhululeka lapho abantu bendawo benakekelwa kahle, abahlanganyele lokho abebengaba nakho ukubalekela ezinsizeni zabo ezincani. Ama-POWs agcinwe kahle ngokubabazekayo ebusika bokuqala, kodwa emuva kwesikhathi kwavela amathumba amabi ngaphansi kwesihlalo sikaDanny.

UPalmina, isakhamuzi sendawo esinikezwe umthwalo wokunakekela uDanny, ugcizelele ukuthi uCorporal athole usizo kuLa Signora Elvira Rota - Umama kaDomilla - edolobhaneni elingumakhelwane i-Alenze.