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Italian prisoners of war in Pennsylvania : allies on the home front, 1944-1945
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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 ...
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.
Details
- Creator
- Falvio G. Conti and Alan R. Perry
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Lanham, MD : Farleigh Dickinson University Press, [2016]
- ©2016
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (319 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9781611479980, 1611479983, 1611479991, 1611479975
- OCLC
- ocn958518446
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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
Subjects
- 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.