Carl Lavin papers
Scope and Contents
The papers of Carl Lavin contains a transcript provided by the Reichelt Program for Oral History. Carl Lavin served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946 as an infantryman in the European Theatre of Operations with the 69th Infantry Division. He operated a Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) in the advance across Western Europe in 1944 to 1945, and he relates numerous anecdotes from his combat experiences.
Dates
- Created: 1943-1946
- Other: Majority of material found in 1945
- Other: Date acquired: 06/18/1999
Creator
- Lavin, Carl (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to all researcdhers.
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
Carl Lavin was a Jewish-American Serviceman in the Army Reserve Program at the Miami University at Oxford, Ohio. He was called up in May 1943 to the U.S. Army. He completed his Basic Training at Camp Hood in Texas, and he also trained on tank destroyers, and in the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP) at Parris, Texas and at Queen's College in New York City. He served in the 69th Division as a BAR rifleman who came to Europe on Christmas Day to participate in the Battle of the Bulge. He ended up at the Elbe River at the end of the war and served in the Army of Occupation of Germany. Having earned a sufficient number of points, he returned home, where he worked on IBM machines, and he was discharged in early 1946, where he went back to college for his business degree.
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
Carl Lavin
Method of Acquisition
donation
- Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Army Specialized Training Program (U.S.)
- Fort Hood (Tex.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Germany Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone). Office of Military Government
- Germany--History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Germany--History--1933-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jewish soldiers--United States Subject Source: Local sources
- Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)
- United States. Army
- United States. Army Ground Forces Subject Source: Lcnaf
- United States. Army Reserve
- 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
- United States. Army. Infantry Division, 69th Subject Source: Local sources
- World War, 1939-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Elbe River Valley (Czech Republic and Germany) Subject Source: Lcnaf
- World War, 1939-1945--Germany Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Carl Lavin papers
- Author
- Craig Whittington
- Date
- 02/21/2018
- 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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