April 2023

Enemy Aliens: Italian American Internment during WWII

The history leading up to the Italian American Internment during WWII, the actions taken by the U.S. Government against Italian “Enemy Aliens,” plus how and why the stigma was lifted.

Joe Giordano was born in Brooklyn. His father and grandparents immigrated to New York from Naples. He and his wife Jane now live in Texas.

As a former 3M International Executive Vice President, Joe experienced the global cultures and locations he writes about.
Joe’s stories have appeared in more than one hundred magazines including The Saturday Evening Post, and Shenandoah, and his short story collection, Stories and Places I Remember. His novels include, Birds of Passage, An Italian Immigrant Coming of Age Story, and the Anthony Provati thriller series, Appointment with ISIL, Drone Strike, and coming in June 2022, The Art of Revenge.
Joe was among one hundred Italian American authors honored by Barnes & Noble to march in the 2017
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Joe Giordano