The Italian Prisoners of War Who Helped Build America Between 1943 and 1946, over 50,000 Italian soldiers were held in U.S. POW camps, where many worked on farms, railroads, highways, and bridges before choosing to stay and become Italian American citizens after World War II. Italian American history, Italian American identity, Italian immigration to America, Italian American culture, Italian American heritage, Italian POWs in America 1943, WWII Italian prisoners of war US camps, postwar Italian
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