Louis Dodaro transcript
Content Description
This collection relates to Louis Dodaro who served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1945 in the Pacific Theatre. This collection contains an oral history transcript where Dodaro describes his military service and life after the war.
Dates
- Majority of material found within 1934-1945
- Other: Date accessioned: 2005-07-08
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
Louis Dodaro was born in Ridgewood, New York on March 18, 1925 and was drafted into the U.S. Navy on September 12, 1943. He served as a radioman on the USS Franklin. He served in the Pacific Theater. When the USS Franklin was hit by a Japanese Kamikaze aircraft off the coast of Kyushu, Japan, Dodaro was responsible for looking for bodies. After his service he received his pilot's license and became a 2nd grade detective for the New York City police department where he served for 21 years. He passed away on August 9, 2013 and is buried in South Florida National Cemetery.
Extent
1 folders (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Transcript provided by the Reichelt Program for Oral History.
Custodial History
Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.
- Draft--United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Franklin (Aircraft carrier)
- Kamikaze airplanes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Kelly, Gene, 1912-1996
- O'Callahan, Joseph Timothy, 1905-1964
- Oral history Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Panama Canal (Panama) Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Prostitution Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sampson Naval Training Station (Sampson, N.Y.)
- Santa Fe (Cruiser)
- United States. Navy
- United States. Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 Subject Source: Lcnaf
- V-mail Subject Source: Lctgm
- World War, 1939-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945, War dead Subject Source: Local sources
- World War, 1939-1945--Missing in action--United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, Japanese Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Area Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Philippines Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Source
- Dodaro, Louis, 1925-2013 (Interviewee, Person)
- Title
- Louis Dodaro transcript
- Author
- Beatrice Dain
- Date
- 09/01/2020
- 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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PO Box 3062047
Tallahassee FL 32306-2047 US
850-644-3271
lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu
