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- Book Title
- Italian Prisoners of War in Pennsylvania
- Publication Name
- Italian Prisoners of War in Pennsylvania : Allies on the Home Front, 1944-1945
- Title
- Italian Prisoners of War in Pennsylvania
- Subtitle
- Allies on the Home Front, 1944–1945
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10
- 1611479975
- EAN
- 9781611479973
- ISBN
- 9781611479973
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
- Genre
- History
- Subject
- Law & Politics
- Release Date
- 19/10/2016
- Release Year
- 2016
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Item Length
- 9.3in
- Item Width
- 6.2in
- Item Weight
- 22.3 Oz
- Series
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Type
- Textbook
- Number of Pages
- 312 Pages
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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 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.
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Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
ISBN-10
1611479975
ISBN-13
9781611479973
eBay Product ID (ePID)
227690695
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Italian Prisoners of War in Pennsylvania : Allies on the Home Front, 1944-1945
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
312 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.2in
Item Weight
22.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
D805.5.L46c65 2016
Reviews
The portrait that emerges is fascinating and remarkably positive; it's notable that Italian co-operators received a modest regular salary and more freedom than most POWs, even the liberty to leave their posts in groups chaperoned by American soldiers. Notes, appendices, and an index round out this welcome contribution to public and college library American history collections, highly recommended., This...book serves as a memorial for several Italian POWs, all members of the Italian Service Unit 321st Quartermaster Battalion assigned to the Letterkenny Depot in central Pennsylvania during and after WW II. Based primarily on interviews, letters, testimonials, some background texts, and newspaper accounts from the region, it outlines life for those Italian soldiers, captured mainly in North Africa by British and US forces, who then volunteered for the Italian Service Units after Italy changed sides in September 1943. Aside from simple homesickness, the Italians had a good war. They earned money doing war work for the Americans, whereas German POWs worked in agriculture. Protected and supported by the Catholic Church and many Italian American families, many of these men remember their captivity as an introduction to friendship, democracy, and, in many cases, family. The authors point out that Letterkenny was an extraordinary POW experience, with great food and no escapes. That all the Italian POWs returned home pays homage to the US creation of the Italian Service Units. A local history, the book is a remembrance and a contribution to the historical record. Summing Up: Optional. Graduate students, faculty, specialists.
Table of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction 1Capture 2Arrival in the United States 3The Letterkenny Army Depot and the Italian Service Units 4American Public Opinion and the Italian POWs 5The Apostolic Delegate Amleto Cicognani's First Visit to the Depot in October 1944 6Italian Americans, Women, and Letterkenny Co-operators 7The Treatment of Prisoners 8Letterkenny's Chapel and Bell Tower Built by the Italian Prisoners 9Spring 1945: Brig. Gen. John M. Eager, Italian Ambassador Alberto Tarchiani Visit the Letterkenny Depot 10End of the War in Europe and the Pacific: Awaiting Repatriation 11Autumn 1945: The 321st ISU Battalion Returns Home 12Letterkenny's Italian Veterans and Postwar Italy 13Back in the United States as Free Citizens 14Conclusion: The Letterkenny Legacy Appendix AList of all Letterkenny POWs Appendix BItalian Officers Detained at Letterkenny Appendix CList of Italian American Civilians that Helped the POWs Appendix DU.S. Army Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers at Letterkenny that Interfaced with the POWs Appendix EMap of the Depot
Copyright Date
2016
Topic
United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Military / World War II, Military / General, Military / United States, World
Lccn
2016-033268
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
History
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