Tarquinio, Enzo

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Title: Tarquinio, Enzo
Family name: Tarquinio
Given name(s): Enzo
Gender: Male
Full biographical data: Enzo Tarquinio (21/05/1911-20/10/1985) was from Cremona. He was drafted and sent to the Russian front. Wounded, he was sent back to Italy. Once recovered, he deployed again to Sicily, where the Allies were about to invade part of Operation Husky. On July 10, 1943, Enzo and others in his battalion were captured by American Rangers. He was put on a Liberty ship (a U.S. mass-produced wartime cargo ship) and brought to Morocco. He spent about 10 weeks in an American POW camp in Morocco, and then he sailed on another Liberty ship to the United States, landing in the harbour at Wilmington, N.C. From there, he and others were put on American passenger trains and embarked on a four-day trip to Douglas. He arrived in Douglas, Wyoming on Sept. 29 or 30, 1943. In the spring of 1944, he was transferred to an Italian Service Unit at Camp Belle Mead, N.J
Pre-Captivity Occupation: Artist
Birth date: May 21, 1911
Country of birth: Italy
Place of birth: Cremona
Period of captivity: American POW camp in Morocco 10 Jul 1943; 10 Jul 1943; Camp Douglas/29 Sep 1943 to 30 Sep 1943; Camp Belle Mead/1 Mar 1944 to 31 May 1944-/2 Sep 1945 to 1949
Journey: Italy; Russia; Italy; Sicily; Morocco; Wilmington; Camp Douglas; Camp Belle Mead; USA; Italy
Related Person(s): Tarquino, Sergio; Tarquino, Marco
Death date: October 20, 1985
Place of death: Cremona
Cause of death: Disease.Heart attack
Current resting place: Monumental Cemetery of Cremona
Information source URL(s): https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/italian-painter-wyoming-pow-camp
Bibliographic citation: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzo_Tarquinio

Media: Tarquinio Enzo_1.JPG

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