Anthony Catalino papers

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

Identifier: 02.0025

Staff Only

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

Catalino, Anthony (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

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

Additional Description

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

Subjects

Artillery Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Artillery--History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Artillery--History--20th century Subject Source: Local sources
Camp Blanding (Fla.)
Camp Shelby (Miss.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Casablanca (Morocco) Subject Source: Lcnaf
Florence (Italy) Subject Source: Local sources
Fort Dix (N.J.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Military Hospitals, American Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Military hospitals Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Naples (Italy) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Oran (Algeria) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Prisoners of war 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. European Theater of Operations
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 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Germany Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945--United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings