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Italian American G.I.s. Meet Italy in World War II
Matteo Pretelli
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CORE QUESTIONS
1) What kind of impact did war have on Italian American servicemen’s ethnic identity?
2) How did Italian American servicemen perceive their war in Italy?
3) What was the relation between Italian American servicemen and Italians?
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WORLD WAR II AND THE LITTLE ITALIES
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PATRIOTISM IN THE LITTLE ITALIES
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How many?
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Who were Italian American Servicemen?
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PATRIOTISM
Ben Savelli, G.I. from San Francisco:
"Our family was as patriotic as patriotism could be... my sister Roberta was selling war bonds; my mother and father were working
hard in the store, keeping track of all the food rationing problems; my brother Richie was in the Service; and I was already notified, upon
my graduation, that I was to be drafted. Now, how patriotic can we get?”
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American Patriotism 100%
Dehumanizing “Krauts” and “Japs”
“Rightness” in bombing Germany and Japan
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ARMY, HOLLYWOOD, AND PATRIOTISM
• Constructing American-ness
• The American “Just War”
• The “multiethnic platoon”
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The Italian American Serviceman in Hollywood’s Movies
Drunk
Latin-lover
Buffoon
American
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ITALIAN AMERICAN SERVICEMEN IN ITALY
234 soldiers identified, mostly G.I.s
Born in the US, mostly resident in New York and New Jersey
Low rate of education
Many worked in the manufacturing, a minority was employed in clerical work and craftsmanship
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ITALIAN AMERICAN G.I.S. AND WAR IN ITALY
“I do not want to shoot Italians”
Choosing the Marines to
fight in the Pacific
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ITALIAN AMERICAN G.I.S. AND WAR IN ITALY
Adventurism and happiness
Willingness to destroy
Totalitarianisms in Europe
All must be done, including
destroy Montecassino’s Abbey
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Italian American G.I.s. and War in Italy
Embarassement to be taken for an Italian
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Italian American G.I.s. and War in Italy
We are all Americans, whenever necessary
we fight Italy and Italians
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ITALIAN AMERICAN G.I.S AND ITALIANS
Friendly relations
Speaking Italian, bridging cultures
Office of Strategic Service’s agents
and the Italian Partisans
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A Bell for Adano (1945) A Walk in the Sun (1945) The Pigeon The Took Rome (1962)
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MEETING RELATIVES IN ITALY
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ITALIAN AMERICAN G.I.S AND ITALIAN WOMEN
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MEMORIALIZING ITALIAN AMERICAN G.I.S IN ITALY
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THANK YOU!
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