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Author Conti, Falvio G., author.

Title Italian prisoners of war in Pennsylvania : allies on the home front, 1944-1945 / Falvio G. Conti and Alan R. Perry.

Publication Info. Lanham, MD : Farleigh Dickinson University Press, [2016]
2016

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Description 1 online resource (319 pages)
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Series The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian Studies
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject United States. Army. Italian Service Unit Battalion, 321st.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, American.
Prisoners of war -- United States.
Prisoners of war -- Italy.
Italian Americans -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Italian Americans.
World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Pennsylvania -- Letterkenny.
Letterkenny Army Depot (Pa.) -- History -- 20th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Perry, Alan R., author.
Other Form: Print version: Conti, Falvio G. Italian prisoners of war in Pennsylvania : allies on the home front, 1944-1945. Lanham, MD : Farleigh Dickinson University Press, [2016] The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian Studies 9781611479973
ISBN 9781611479973 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781611479973
9781611479980 (e-book)

 
    
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