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Anthony Catalino papers

 Collection — Container: Single Folder Collections - 2002 Box 1 (02.0001-02.0029), Folder: 02.0025 - Folder 1
Identifier: 02.0025

Scope and Contents

This collection contains a manuscript memoir of Anthony Catalino's WWII service in the U.S. Army Field Artillery and staff work at Army hospitals and supply depots in North Africa and Italy.

Dates

  • Created: 1941-1945
  • Other: Majority of material found in 1943
  • Other: Date acquired: 02/11/2002

Creator

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

Anthony Catalino enlisted in 1940 and trained at Camp Blanding FL, Camp Shelby MI, and Fort Dix NJ from 1940-1941, where he also got married right after Pearl Harbor. He initially served in the Field Artillery in Oran, North Africa in 1942, but was put on "limited service" due to a leg injury, and did staff work at supply depots and hospitals in Casablanca (Morocco), Naples, Florence, and Pisa in Italy from 1942-1945. He saw many casualties and German POWs at the hospitals, including many German officers.

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

Anthony Catalino

Method of Acquisition

donation

Title
Anthony Catalino papers
Author
Craig Whittington
Date
03/01/2018
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

Part of the FSU Special Collections & Archives Repository

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