Millions of Italians came to the US between 1880 and the eve of World War I. As many as 300,000 of them served in the United States military during the war. Tens of thousands of Calabrians--inhabitants of Calabria, the region that makes up the toe of the Italian boot--came to America in the this so-called Great Migration. Thousands of them served in the US military during that war, and until now no effort has been made to document their history. Historian Peter L Belmonte begins his task by concentrating on the area around the city of Cosenza, the provincial capital of the northern province...
Millions of Italians came to the US between 1880 and the eve of World War I. As many as 300,000 of them served in the United States military during th...
The Allied Expeditionary Forces' logistic corps, the Services of Supply (SOS), provided critical support to combat forces from behind the lines. This book gives a full account of perhaps the most overlooked yet crucial military effort of World War I.
The Allied Expeditionary Forces' logistic corps, the Services of Supply (SOS), provided critical support to combat forces from behind the lines. This ...
