Say what you will but I trust the Italian mob more then the government. At least you know where you stand. Im sure they did a great job in service to America.
I remember this story. If I remember correctly, President Roosevelt had the saboteurs home towns in Germany bombed for revenge.
Good coverage, but this has been known for years!
Targets I have noted as follows,
Team 1
Aluminum plant in Alcoa,TN
Aluminum plant in E. St. Louis, IL
Aluminum plant in Massena, NY
Cryolite works in Philadelphia, PA
Ohio River locks between Pittsburgh and Louisville.
Team 2
Various railroad bridges and tunnels.
Hells Gate Bridge and NY water supply.
Naval intelligence lt. general???
Don’t think the rank fits the navy!
I read about this years ago. It is hardly just “revealed” as the headline implies.
They did plenty.
They had them help in Sicily also...BIG TIME.
Unlike the Democrats, the Mafia will side with America, if the price is right.
“The Navy did not want the FBI to know about what they were doing.”
I guess their HATRED of America goes back far longer than Trump. Seems the navy had them figured out even back then.
The Navy had Lt Generals???
Vegas was much better when the mob ran it. The corporations now are a bunch of crooks.
Even the Mafia loved the United States. Only communists and democrats do not.
Charlie Lucky damn straight wouldnt side with the Italians
Mussolini drove the Mob out of Italy, so the Mob certainly wanted Mussolini dead.
It was a brilliant move by Naval Intelligence.
What was not mentioned in the article was that during WWI, German Saboteurs blew up an ammunition depot in New York harbor. The Navy wanted to make sure there would be no such sabotage during WWII. The Mafia ensured that. I’ve heard rumors that suspicious people magically “disappeared” *cough* *cough* though gosh, the cops never found out why or where they went.......
The Mafia was also helpful in the fighting in Italy. They not only got Italians recently arrived in America to give pictures of harbors, descriptions of coastal installations, etc but when US troops arrived, they instantly had a very effective intelligence network in place that in some cases told them exactly where Axis troop HQs were, where Axis equipment was stored, where Axis troops were located, etc etc.
As for any objections anybody may have....we made a deal with the Commies to get rid of the Axis. The Mafia were a much lesser evil than the Commies. It was total war. Win at any cost.