Myself included. I believed that Italian-Americans have been largely portrayed as honest and fearless cops, brave soldiers, crime-fighting mayors, and fiercely-loyal Americans who don't take anyone's crap.
Every war movie must have a "wise guy" with a Brooklyn-Queens accent, looking to make a buck or two. They had one in HBO's Band of Brothers. He's always a corporal. And his kill ratio is supernatural when he's plenty pissed.
"You call this spaghetti? This is noodles and ketchup. I'm Italian and I know good spaghetti." Band of Brothers