{"product_id":"9781576382981","title":"The Italian Campaign: One Soldier' s Story of a Forgotten War","description":"Merriam Press World War II Memoir No. 1\u003cp\u003e First Edition, 2015\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As school children, most Americans learned about Wold War II and the attack on Pearl Harbor, the D-Day invasion of Normandy, the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima. But few people know much about the Italian Campaign during that war. Of all the western fronts in World War II, the Italian campaign cost the most lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e One of its survivors, Albert DeFazio, didn't like to talk about his experiences as an American soldier in World War II, but he was also concerned that so little was known about the suffering and death in Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It took Albert decades to be able to describe his experiences in World War II - memories that still haunt him. Now, after seventy years, Albert DeFazio has told his story of the war he cannot forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This new, expanded edition, brings Albert's story to life with new material and images of Scenes from a Forgotten War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 72 photographs and illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 1 map\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Contents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 1: Growing Up Italian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 2: Basic Training\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 3: Shipping Out\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 4: Front Lines\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 5: The Battle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 6: Back to My Division\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 7: The Ruins of Old Pompeii\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 8: Famiglia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 9: Invasion of Anzio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 10: Back to the States\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 11: Home Again\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 12: Honorable Mention: Charles E. Kelly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 13: General Mark Clark\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Appendix 1: The Men of Company A\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Appendix 2: 143rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (\"Third Texas\") 1917\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Appendix 3: Insignia of the 36th Infantry Division\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Photographs from Author's Collection\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Scenes from a Forgotten War\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Merriam Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47063163076848,"sku":"9781576382981","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781576382981_p0.jpg?v=1763783998","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781576382981","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}