Office of strategic services and Italian Americans : (Record no. 8615)
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| fixed length control field | 01331nam a22001935i 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 160913s2016 nyu 000 0 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9783319333335 - hbk |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR | |
| Author | LaGumina, Salvatore John, 1928- |
| 245 04 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Office of strategic services and Italian Americans : |
| Remainder of title | the untold history |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Cham : |
| Name of publisher | Springer International Publishing, |
| Date of publication | 2016 |
| 300 ## - COLLATION | |
| Pagination | vi, 188p., |
| Other physical details | includes bibliography & index |
| 440 ## - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE | |
| Series Title | Italian and Italian American studies |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | 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 |
| 650 ## - TRACINGS | |
| Main Subject | 1. Italian Americans History 20th century |
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| Main Subject | 2. United States. Office of Strategic Services History |
| 650 ## - TRACINGS | |
| Main Subject | 3. United States. Office of Strategic Services |
| 650 ## - TRACINGS | |
| Main Subject | 4. Italian Americans |
| Subdivision (1st) | History |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Item type | Books |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Not for loan | Permanent location | Current location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Accession No. | Full call number | Barcode. | Copy number | Koha item type |
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| Library of Congress Classification | Kwara State University Library | Kwara State University Library | Main Library | 2022-11-14 | 019347 - 01 | E184.I8 .L34 2016 | 019347 - 01 | 01 | Books | |
| Library of Congress Classification | Kwara State University Library | Kwara State University Library | Main Library | 2022-11-14 | 019347 - 02 | E184.I8 .L34 2016 | 019347 - 02 | 02 | Books |