Gherardi, Giannino

Title Gherardi, Giannino
Family Name Gherardi
Given Name(s) Giannino
Gender Male
Full Biographical Data Giannino Gherardi (1908-1995) from S. Pellegrino (Bergamo).He arrived in Douglas in the middle of the night on September 30, 1943, after taking an 18-day ocean voyage from Oran, Algeria to Norfolk, Virginia, and then a 78-hour train ride across the United States terrain. On April 9, 1944 (on Easter Sunday) he left Douglas and was transferred to Italian Service Unit (ISU) camps, first to Pine Camp, New York and then to Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, where he stayed until the war’s end
Birth Date 1908
Country Of Birth Italy
Place Of Birth S.Pellegrino
Journey Italy
Oran
Norfolk
Douglas
Pine Camp
Camp Kilmer
Italy
Bibliographic Citation Gherardi, Giannino. 2020. “Memorie della mia vita di prigioniero,” Ermanno Arrigoni, Ed. in Voci dal Inferno: Lettere, diari, memoriali, testimonianze e immagini di soldati della valle Brembana durante la Seconda guerra mondiale, Tarciso Bottani, Ed. Corponove
Ruberto, Laura E. “Giannino Gherardi nel Wyoming, tra la Madonnina e la storia,” Quaderni Brembani, 20, 2021, 69-77.
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Periods of Captivity

Camp Douglas/30 Sep 1943

Title Camp Douglas/30 Sep 1943
Classification Prisoner of War
Transport Type Ship
Train
Date Of Internment September 30, 1943
Camp Or Place Held Captive Camp Douglas

Pine Camp/9 Apr 1944

Title Pine Camp/9 Apr 1944
Classification Prisoner of War
Date Of Internment April 9, 1944
Camp Or Place Held Captive Pine Camp

Camp Kilmer/1944 to 1945-2 Sep 1945 to 1949

Title Camp Kilmer/1944 to 1945-2 Sep 1945 to 1949
Classification Prisoner of War
Date Of Internment 1944
Camp Or Place Held Captive Camp Kilmer
Date Of Repatriation September 2, 1945

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