Calabrian Americans in the US Military During World War I, Volume 3: Cosenza-Area Immigrants

Peter L. Belmonte is a retired U.S. Air Force officer, author, and historian. A veteran of Operation Desert Storm, he holds a master’s degree in history from California State University, Stanislaus. He has published articles, book chapters, reviews, and papers about immigration and military history. Pete has written four books: Italian Americans in World War II (2001), Days of Perfect Hell: The U.S. 26th Infantry Regiment in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, October-November, 1918 (2015), Calabrian-Americans in the US Military During World War I, Volumes 1 and 2 (2017), and Forgotten Soldiers of World War I: America’s Immigrant Doughboys (with Alexander F. Barnes, forthcoming).