Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-266) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Italian prisoners of war in Pennsylvania

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

956379282

Responsibility statement

Falvio G. Conti and Alan R. Perry

Series statement

The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian Studies

Sub title

allies on the home front, 1944-1945

Table Of 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

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