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 ...

FORT DRUM, N.Y. (Nov. 5, 2020) -- It is the smallest among the 40 U.S Army cemeteries, but its significance looms large in the history of Fort Drum and the North Country. Members of the Fort Drum ...

Like so many things in New Orleans, the story behind local writer Elisa Speranza’s debut novel, "The Italian Prisoner," (Burgundy Bend Press) begins with a party and food. While attending an event in ...

FORT DRUM, N.Y. (Nov. 4, 2022) -- Fort Drum community members gathered at the Prisoner of War (POW) Cemetery on Nov. 4 to place a wreath at the grave of an Italian soldier, in honor of Italy’s Armed ...

More than 1,200 repatriated Italian prisoners of war lived and worked at what was then known as Letterkenny Ordinance Depot after Italy surrendered during World War II in September 1943. While there, ...

The Annual Memorial Service at the German Italian POW Cemetery at Fort McClellan will be held on Sunday, Nov. 20, at 1:30 p.m. Special guests are family members of one of the German veterans buried ...

Filmmaker Stephen Mancini set out to tell a simple story about a small chapel on an Army base in rural Franklin County and the Italian POWs who built it during World War II. Instead, he traveled the ...

FORT RILEY, Kan. (WIBW) - Fort Riley officials will host a ceremony to honor German and Italian prisoners of war that were held on the base during World War II. Fort Riley officials say that at 10 a.m ...

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 ...