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To: 2banana
Innocent Germans were deported or jailed during World War I.

Germans and Italians were put in Internment Camps during WW II. The entire Italian population on the West Coast were placed on strict curfew until 1943. Italian- Americans whose occupations were considered a danger to the war effort had had their property confiscated and their jobs curtailed.

While The DiMaggio brothers were serving in Europe , their father a commercial fisherman, had his boat taken by the US Government . It was never returned.

Italian Americans had more men in the Armed Services during WW II, based on their percentage of the population, than any other ethnic group.

Italian-Americans have never asked for reparations, nor do they intend to.

21 posted on 04/04/2002 12:38:57 PM PST by catonsville
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To: catonsville
finally a post that makes me proud of my heritage. Bravo Paisan!
22 posted on 04/04/2002 12:55:06 PM PST by ffusco
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