Mario Joseph Patruno papers
Scope and Contents
Mario Joseph Patruno's collection includes a manuscript/oral history that covers his service in the 101st Airborne through his wounding in Operation Market Garden. The collection also includes three photographs, two of Patruno and one photograph taken inside Patruno's C-47 Transport on the night of 5 June 1944.
Dates
- 1942-1944
- Other: Majority of material found within 1943
- Other: Date acquired: 03/22/2007
- Other: Date accessioned: 2020-06-11
Creator
- Patruno, Mario Joseph (Person)
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 or Historical Information
Mario Joseph Patruno was born on April 8, 1921, in Holyoke, MA and served as a member of the 101st Airborne Division, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Company F, during World War II. Patruno enlisted in August 1942 and began training for the parachute infantry at Camp Toccoa, Georgia following his enlistment. Patruno served in the entire Normandy Campaign but was wounded in the face and neck three days into Operation Market Garden and was subsequently sent back to the United States. He passed away in St. Augustine, FL on March 10, 2015.
Extent
1 folders
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
creator
Custodial History
This collection was donated by Mario Joseph Patruno. The collection was acquired by the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience on March 22, 2007.
Custodial History
Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.
- Arnhem, Battle of, Arnhem, Netherlands, 1944 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Army
- United States. Army Ground Forces Subject Source: Lcnaf
- United States. Army--History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Army--Military life Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Army. Airborne Division, 101st
- United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Regiment, 506th Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--France Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Germany 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--United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Source
- Patruno, Mario Joseph (Donor, Person)
- Title
- Mario Joseph Patruno papers
- Author
- Craig Whittington
- Date
- 01/25/2018
- 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
116 Honors Way
PO Box 3062047
Tallahassee FL 32306-2047 US
850-644-3271
lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu