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

By: Conti, Falvio G [author.]Contributor(s): Perry, Alan R [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian studiesPublisher: Lanham, MD : Farleigh Dickinson University Press, [2016]Copyright date: 2016Description: 1 online resource (319 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781611479980 (e-book)Subject(s): 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 centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Italian prisoners of war in Pennsylvania : allies on the home front, 1944-1945.DDC classification: 940.54/7274808951 LOC classification: D805.5.L46 | C65 2016Online resources: Click to View
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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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.

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