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Salvemini received his Ph.D. at the University of Florence, Italy. He was a member of the Italian Parliament from 1919 to 1921. After teaching at the University of Messina, the University of Pisa, the University of Florence, and other institutions in Italy, he came to America in 1932. Since 1933, he has been the de Bosts lecturer here, sandwiching in lectures at other universities, including Yale University and the University of Chicago. He was naturalized...
...Pisa, the famed Leaning Tower was lopsided as ever, but the medieval cloister and burial ground, Campo Santo (one star), had its roof destroyed, ruining the frescoes of Benozzo Gozzoli...
...92nd. It is recorded that the division was activated in October 1942 and, under its white commander, Major General Edward Mallory Almond, and key white officers, packed off to Italy last summer. Three weeks after their arrival in Italy they were assigned to the front, east of Pisa...
...T/SGT.) PETE PISA...
...Alps. To the west, American Negro troops of the 92nd Division clawed their way up the southeast slopes of the Monti Pisani, overlooking Pisa. On their left, A.J.A.s (Americans of Japanese ancestry) toiled up the south west slopes. The Germans pulled out in a hurry from Pisa, where they had been ensconced for weeks in the northern section while Americans held the southern...