Editor's note: This story originally appeared in 2017. When Italian soldiers wanted to be caught by American forces during World War II, they would play cards. The loser of the card game had to crawl ...
The interior of the restored chapel built by Italian prisoners of war at Camp Atterbury during World War II. The camp housed Italian and later German POWs during the war, a legacy that Atterbury ...
EL RENO — About 35 miles west of Oklahoma City, a line of gravestones dot a small walled annex of land inside the cemetery of a former U.S. cavalry post. The white markers signify the final resting ...
The Franklin County Visitors Bureau is hosting an exhibit that sheds light on a lesser-known chapter of World War II history. The "Letterkenny World War II Italian Prisoner of War Experience" is on ...
In 1943, Italian prisoners of war were sent to El Paso to pick cotton. They were housed at the El Paso County Coliseum. This Sept. 8, 1943, article reports that the first group of POWs would arrive ...
Andrea Franzoni is on a journey that’s taking him through the western United States by bike and backward in time. The 32-year-old Italian had never set foot on American soil until a few days ago. But ...