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Italian Prisoners of War in Pennsylvania : Allies on the Home Front, 1944-1945.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (319 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781611479980
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Italian Prisoners of War in PennsylvaniaDDC classification:
  • 940.5472748
LOC classification:
  • D805.5.L46.C65 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Capture -- Chapter Two: Arrival in the United States -- Chapter Three: The Letterkenny Army Depot and the Italian Service Units' Arrival -- Chapter Four: American Public Opinion and the Italian POWs -- Chapter Five: The Apostolic Delegate Amleto Cicognani's First Visit to the Depot in October 1944 -- Chapter Six: Italian Americans, Women, and Letterkenny Cooperators -- Chapter Seven: The Treatment of Prisoners -- Chapter Eight: Letterkenny's Chapel and Bell Tower Built by the Italian Prisoners -- Chapter Nine: Spring 1945: Brig. Gen. John M. Eager and Italian Ambassador Alberto Tarchiani Visit the Letterkenny Depot -- Chapter Ten: The End of the War in Europe and the Pacific: The POWs Await Repatriation -- Chapter Eleven: Autumn 1945: The 321st ISU Battalion Returns Home -- Chapter Twelve: Letterkenny's Italian Veterans and Postwar Italy -- Chapter Thirteen: Back in the United States as Free Citizens -- Chapter Fourteen: Conclusion: The Letterkenny Legacy -- Appendix A: Italian POWs Detained at Letterkenny -- Appendix B: Italian Officers Detained at Letterkenny -- Appendix C: Italian American Civilians who Helped the Italian POWs at Letterkenny -- Appendix D: U.S. Army Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers who Interacted with Italian POWs at Letterkenny -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors.
Summary: Italian Prisoners of War in Pennsylvania examines the World War II experience of 1,200 Italian soldiers, detained at Letterkenny Army Depot. They provided valuable logistical, quartermaster, repair, and ordnance support that aided Allied operations, these POWs formed strong bonds with local citizens and Italian Americans, leaving a lasting legacy.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Capture -- Chapter Two: Arrival in the United States -- Chapter Three: The Letterkenny Army Depot and the Italian Service Units' Arrival -- Chapter Four: American Public Opinion and the Italian POWs -- Chapter Five: The Apostolic Delegate Amleto Cicognani's First Visit to the Depot in October 1944 -- Chapter Six: Italian Americans, Women, and Letterkenny Cooperators -- Chapter Seven: The Treatment of Prisoners -- Chapter Eight: Letterkenny's Chapel and Bell Tower Built by the Italian Prisoners -- Chapter Nine: Spring 1945: Brig. Gen. John M. Eager and Italian Ambassador Alberto Tarchiani Visit the Letterkenny Depot -- Chapter Ten: The End of the War in Europe and the Pacific: The POWs Await Repatriation -- Chapter Eleven: Autumn 1945: The 321st ISU Battalion Returns Home -- Chapter Twelve: Letterkenny's Italian Veterans and Postwar Italy -- Chapter Thirteen: Back in the United States as Free Citizens -- Chapter Fourteen: Conclusion: The Letterkenny Legacy -- Appendix A: Italian POWs Detained at Letterkenny -- Appendix B: Italian Officers Detained at Letterkenny -- Appendix C: Italian American Civilians who Helped the Italian POWs at Letterkenny -- Appendix D: U.S. Army Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers who Interacted with Italian POWs at Letterkenny -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors.

Italian Prisoners of War in Pennsylvania examines the World War II experience of 1,200 Italian soldiers, detained at Letterkenny Army Depot. They provided valuable logistical, quartermaster, repair, and ordnance support that aided Allied operations, these POWs formed strong bonds with local citizens and Italian Americans, leaving a lasting legacy.

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