Louis Deturo
born 1936
from Washington
5 Stories
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Delivering laundry by plane
by Louis Deturo | loaded 4814 days ago
As a child Louis lived in Naples. His father was a pilot who would fly his dirty clothes to his mother in the nearby town and launch them from the plane. The pick up was more complicated since he had to take a ...
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Living in Alabama: civil rights and religion
by Louis Deturo | loaded 4814 days ago
Louis lived and worked as a photographer in Birmingham, Alabama. He photographed the civil rights riots. His first assignment was lunch contures integration. Moreover, he speaks about some interesting wievs of ...
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From Naples to Alabama
by Louis Deturo | loaded 4814 days ago
After the war and his farher's death Louis moved to US with his mother and her new American husband. Alabama was very different from loud and crowded Naples.
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American Candy
by Louis Deturo | loaded 4814 days ago
Louis remembers when the Americans landed to Sorento. They were frriendly and were giving chocolate and chewing gums to children. But the children were worried that the strange chewing gum could be poison!
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Pete, thank you for not killing me
by Louis Deturo | loaded 4814 days ago
Louis talks about his childhood in Naples during the war. The English, the Americans and the Germans bombed the city... When he moved to the US Louis worked with a man who was a bombardier during the war and wh...
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