Italian prisoners of war in Pennsylvania : allies on the home front, 1944-1945
Flavio Conti
Bok · Engelsk · 2016
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| Omfang | xix, 277 sider : illustrasjoner
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| Opplysninger | Capture -- Arrival in the United States -- The Letterkenny Army Depot and the Italian service units -- American public opinion and the Italian pows -- The Apostolic Delegate Amleto Cicognani's first visit to the depot in October 1944 -- Italian Americans, women, and Letterkenny co-operators -- The treatment of prisoners -- Letterkenny's chapel and bell tower built by the Italian prisoners -- Spring 1945: Brig. Gen. John M. Eager, Italian Ambassador Alberto Tarchiani visit the Letterkenny Depot -- End of the war in Europe and the Pacific: awaiting repatriation -- Autumn 1945: the 321st ISU Battalion returns home -- Letterkenny's Italian veterans and postwar Italy -- Back in the United States as free citizens -- Conclusion: the Letterkenny legacy -- Appendix A: List of all Letterkenny POWsv-- Appendix B: Italian officers detained at Letterkenny -- Appendix C: List of Italian American civilians that helped the POWs -- Appendix D: U.S. Army officers and non-commissioned officers at Letterkenny that interfaced with the POWs -- Appendix E: Map of the depot.
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| ISBN | 9781611479973
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