Peter L. Belmonte retired from the US Air Force after having served for twenty years, first as an enlisted man and then as an officer. A veteran of Operation Desert Storm, he holds a master's degree in history from California State University, Stanislaus, and a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Purdue University. He has published articles, book chapters, reviews, and papers about immigration and military history and has been a college adjunct instructor of history. Pete has written several 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, 2, 3, 4, and 5 (2017-2019), Forgotten Soldiers of World War I: America’s Immigrant Doughboys (with Alexander F. Barnes, 2018), Play Ball: Doughboys and Baseball during the Great War (with Alexander F. Barnes and Sam Barnes, 2019), Chicago-Area Italians in World War I: A Case Study of Calabrians (Fonthill Media, 2019), and United States Army Depot Brigades in World War I (with Alexander F. Barnes, 2021).

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He currently works for the Department of Defense and lives with his wife and children in Illinois.

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You may contact Pete at belmontep@att.net.