Nicholas and Jeanne Baldino transcript
Content Description
This collection relates to Nicholas Baldino who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps with the 5th and 11th Bomb Groups in the Pacific Theatre and his wife Jeanne Baldino. This collection contains an oral history transcript detailing Nicholas Baldino's military service and how Jeanne met Nicholas Baldino.
Dates
- Other: Date accessioned: 2005-04-13
- Event: Majority of material found within 1943-1946
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to all researchers.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Biographical / Historical
Nicholas Baldino was born October 26, 1924 and grew up in Ocean Township, New Jersey. He was called to service in January of 1943 for the Army Air corps. He completed trainings in Biloxi, Mississippi, in Lynchburg Virginia, Scott Field, Illinois, Harlingen, Texas, and Ellington Field, Texas. He was sent to the Pacific Theater at Henderson Field in Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. He served with both the 5th and the 11th heavy bombardment group. He flew missions as a replacement for a radioman, bombardier or gunner. N. Baldino also served in the Philippine campaigns. In 1946, he married Jeanne Baldino at St. Rose Catholic Church in Belmar, NJ. Upon his return to the U.S. he received an economics degree at Fordham with the assistance of a baseball scholarship and the GI Bill and law degree at Rutgers. He was the senior vice president of Chemical Bank, N.Y., now J. P. Morgan Chase. He passed away on January 11, 2015. N. Baldino is buried at St. James R.C. Church, Red Bank, New Jersey.
Jeanne Baldino was born in Plainfield, New Jersey on May 29, 1926. She attended Asbury Park High School and upon graduation worked as a telephone operator in Asbury Park. She married Nicholas Baldino in 1946. They were married for 65 years. Jeanne Baldino passed away on May 14, 2011 and is buried at St. James R.C. Church, Red Bank, New Jersey.
Extent
1 folders (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Reichelt Program for Oral History.
Source
- Baldino, Nicholas, 1924-2015 (Interviewee, Person)
- Baldino, Jeanne, 1925-2014 (Interviewee, Person)
Subject
- United States. Marine Corps (Organization)
- United States. Army Air Forces (Organization)
- MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964 (Person)
- Hope, Bob, 1903-2003 (Person)
- Army Air Force Aviation Cadet Program (U.S.) (Organization)
- Virginia University of Lynchburg (Va.) (Organization)
- United States. Army Air Forces. Bomb Group, 5th (Organization)
- United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group, 11th (Organization)
- United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 13th. Fighter Squadron, 339th (Organization)
- Mitchum, Robert (Person)
- Upsala College (East Orange, N.J.) (Organization)
Cultural context
Geographic
- Honolulu (Hawaii)
- Keesler Field (Miss.)
- Nashville (Tenn.)
- New York (State)--New York
- Portland (Or.)
- San Francisco (Calif.)
Occupation
Topical
- Atomic bomb--History--20th century
- B-24 (Bomber)
- Baseball.
- Draft--United States
- Friendship
- Harlingen Army Air Field (Tex.)
- Oral history
- Recreation.
- Rutgers University
- United States. Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--New Guinea
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Solomon Islands--Guadalcanal
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Uniform Title
- Title
- Nicholas and Jeanne Baldino collection
- Author
- Beatrice Dain
- Date
- 08/31/2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the FSU Special Collections & Archives Repository
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