Elmer Hubbard papers
Scope and Contents
Elmer Hubbard served as Radioman Second Class in the US Navy's 1st Naval Beach Battalion in the Mediterranean and European Theaters, as well as the Pacific Theater aboard the U.S.S. Buckingham attack ship during World War II. Hubbard participated in the amphibious landings at Anzio, Salerno, and Southern France. The collection consists of original wartime transcribed, typed, and mimeographed letters from original handwritten letters Hubbard wrote to his parents.
Dates
- Created: 1943-1945
- Other: Majority of material found in 1944
- Other: Date acquired: 05/13/1998
Creator
- Hubbard, Elmer (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to all reseaerchers.
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 or Historical Information
Elmer Hubbard was born on January 11, 1916 in San Bernardino, CA. He entered service in the U.S. Navy in July 1942 in Los Angeles, CA. Hubbard trained at San Diego, CA; Chicago, IL; Wisconsin, and Florida. From 1943 to 1945, he fought in many amphibious operations and in the invasions of Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, South France (Operation Dragoon), and Palermo. After Germany's surrender, Hubbard began training for being shipped to the Pacific Theater, and first went to Oregon, and afterward, traveled to Eniwetok, Guam, and Saipan.
Hubbard's letters include the detailed descriptions of beach landings that made it past the censors, as well as a description of the fighting at Salerno and Anzio. In Italy, Hubbard helped to guard Italian POWs at Agrigento, and he expresses his opinions on Italian and German citizens in his letters. He provides a detailed description of Naples, Italy during 1944. Hubbard passed away on October 3, 2002 in Orange, CA.
Extent
1.00 folders
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
creator
Custodial History
Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.
Source of Acquisition
Elmer Hubbard
Method of Acquisition
Donation
- Anzio, Battle of, Anzio, Italy, 1944 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Chicago (Ill.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Guam--History, Military Subject Source: Local sources
- Italy--History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Operation Dragoon, 1944 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Operation Husky, 1943 Subject Source: Local sources
- Prisoners of war--Europe--Interviews Subject Source: Local sources
- Saipan, Battle of, Northern Mariana Islands, 1944 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Salerno, Battle of, Salerno, Italy, 1943 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- San Diego (Calif.) Subject Source: Lcnaf
- United States. Navy
- United States. Navy--Amphibious operations Subject Source: Local sources
- United States. Navy--History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Wisconsin Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, North Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy--Sicily Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Mediterranean Sea Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations 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--Prisoners and prisons, Italian Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Transportation--Pacific Ocean Subject Source: Local sources
- World War, 1939-1945--United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Elmer Hubbard papers
- Author
- Craig Whittington
- Date
- 04/03/2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
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