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Leonard J. Travaline transcript, 1941-1992, Date acquired: 02/05/2008, bulk 1944

 

Summary

Creator:
Travaline, Leonard J. , 1918-2011
Extent:
1 folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Leonard J. Travaline transcript, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-00-0522

Background

Scope and content:

Leonard J. Travaline (also spelled Traveline in some records) served in the United States Army as an Artilleryman from 1941 to 1945. He served with the 166th Field Artillery Battalion and later the 938th Field Artillery Battallion in the Mediterranean and European Theaters. He served as a front line observer in Oran, North Africa, Italy, France, Germany, and Austria. The collection contains a transcribed daily journal that Travaline kept from the time of his landing in North Africa until the end of the war and his arrival back in the States in September 1945.

Biographical / historical:

Leonard J. Travaline (also spelled Traveline in some records) was born July 14, 1918, to Anthony and Theresa Travaline. Travaline lived in Conshohocken, PA. He graduated from Conshohocken High School in 1937 and then attended Dobbs Vocational School to study Printing. After enlisting in Battary C in October of 1940, he left for training in January 1941. He trained at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, Camp Blanding, Florida, and Camp Gordon, Georgia. During WWII, he served with the US Army as a Technician, specifically as a front line observation scout. He served with the 166th Field Artillery Battalion and the 938th Field Artillery Battalion in the Mediterranean and European Theaters. He arrived in North Africa in 1943 and went on to fight in Italy, France, Germany, and Austria. Travaline participated in the following campaigns: Naples-Foggia, Anzio, Southern France, Rome-Arno, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. He kept a daily journal while serving (a transcription of which is included in this collection), and copies are available in multiple archives and libraries. After returning from the war, Travaline worked for the Conshohocken Recorder Newspaper before working at the Times Herald Newspaper for forty years. He was also married to his wife, Phyllis M. Travaline, for sixty-three years, and the couple had two daughters. His obituary can be found at https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/1951251/Leonard-J-Travaline.

Acquisition information:
This collection was donated by Leonard J. Travaline. The collection was acquired by the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience on February 5, 2008.
Custodial history:

Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers.

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Leonard J. Travaline transcript, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-00-0522

Location of this collection:
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee
FL
32306-2047
USA