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1 online resource (319 pages) |
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The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies |
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Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian studies.
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| 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 |
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Chapter Nine: Spring 1945: Brig. Gen. John M. Eager and Italian Ambassador Alberto Tarchiani Visit the Letterkenny DepotChapter 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 |
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Appendix C: Italian American Civilians who Helped the Italian POWs at LetterkennyAppendix 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 near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, who agreed to cooperate with the U.S. government and were organized into the 321st Italian Service Unit Battalion. In addition to providing valuable logistical, quartermaster, repair, and ordnance support that aided Allied operations, these POWs formed strong bonds with local citizens and Italian Americans, leaving a legacy that survives to this day |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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United States. Army. Italian Service Unit Battalion, 321st
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, American
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Prisoners of war -- United States.
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Prisoners of war -- Italy
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Italian Americans -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 20th century
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Italian Americans.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Pennsylvania -- Letterkenny
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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Italian Americans
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Prisoners of war
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War work
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Letterkenny Army Depot (Pa.) -- History -- 20th century
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Italy
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Pennsylvania
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Perry, Alan R
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| ISBN |
9781611479980 |
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1611479983 |
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