The Office of Strategic Services and Italian Americans : the untold history / Salvatore J. LaGumina.
This book explores the contributions of Italian Americans employed by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. Italian Americans fluent in Italian language and customs became integral parts of intelligence operations working behind enemy lines. These units obtained priceless milit...
| Uniform Title: | Italian and Italian American studies (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
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| Language: | English |
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[Cham, Switzerland] :
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[2016]
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| Series: | Italian and Italian American studies (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
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MSU: Purchased with funds provided by the Burton L. Gerber and Rosalie P. Gerber Endowment for the MSU Libraries. |
| Physical Description: | vi, 188 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Format: | Book |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-180) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction -- Intelligence agency in embryo -- Recruitment and training strategies -- Corvo and the Connecticut connection -- Agents extraordinaire -- Operation Husky -- Conquering the islands: Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Lipari, Ventotene -- From Salerno to Anzio -- Italian mainland operational groups -- OSS and partisans -- Conclusion. | |
| 520 | |a This book explores the contributions of Italian Americans employed by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. Italian Americans fluent in Italian language and customs became integral parts of intelligence operations working behind enemy lines. These units obtained priceless military information that significantly helped defeat the Axis. They parachuted into frozen mountains tops to link up with Italian guerrilla units in northern Italy or hovered in small patrol torpedo boats and row boats across the Mediterranean Sea in pitch black darkness to destroy railroad junctions. | ||
| 590 | |a MSU: Purchased with funds provided by the Burton L. Gerber and Rosalie P. Gerber Endowment for the MSU Libraries. | ||
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