TY  - BOOK
AU  - Conti,Falvio G.
AU  - Perry,Alan R.
TI  - Italian prisoners of war in Pennsylvania: allies on the home front, 1944-1945 
T2  - The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian Studies
AV  - D805.5.L46 C65 2016
U1  - 940.54/7274808951 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Lanham, MD
PB  - Farleigh Dickinson University Press
KW  - United States
KW  - Army
KW  - Italian Service Unit Battalion, 321st
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Prisoners and prisons, American
KW  - Prisoners of war
KW  - Italy
KW  - Italian Americans
KW  - Pennsylvania
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - War work
KW  - Letterkenny
KW  - Letterkenny Army Depot (Pa.)
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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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