Italian prisoners of war in Pennsylvania : : allies on the home front, 1944-1945 / / Falvio G. Conti and Alan R. Perry.
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| Superior document: | The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian Studies |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Lanham, MD : : Farleigh Dickinson University Press,, [2016] 2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian studies.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (319 pages) |
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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.