Italian prisoners of war in Pennsylvania, 1944-1945 : allies on the home front /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Conti, Falvio G. (Author), Perry, Alan R. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Madison, New Jersey : Farleigh Dickinson University Press, [2016]
Series:	Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian studies.
Subjects:	United States. > Army. > Italian Service Unit Battalion, 321st. Letterkenny Army Depot (Pa.) > History > 20th century. 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.

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.