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Joseph Freilick papers, 1944-1945, Date acquired: 10/15/2001

 

Summary

Creator:
Freilick, Joseph, 1915-2005
Extent:
1 folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Joseph Freilick papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-01-0545

Background

Scope and content:

This manuscript memoir relates to Joseph Freilick who served with the 102nd Infanty Division during World War II in the European Theater.

Biographical / historical:

Joseph Freilick completed basic training with the Army's 660th Tank Destroyer Battalion at Camp Hood, TX. He joined the 102nd Infantry Division at St. Pierre Eglise, France, in 1944. He was injured in campaigns in Europe. He was promoted to S/Sgt. early in 1945. He was awarded six medals, including the Bronze Star and Combat Infantryman's Badge (CIB). On 14 April 1945, his division came upon 1016 burned bodies of political and military incarcerated persons of the SS in Gardelegen. His manuscript discusses his being in the hospital, going to religious services, the other commanding officers of his division, receiving the Combat Infantryman Badge, his promotion, Prisoners of War, and sexual encounters.

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], Joseph Freilick papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-01-0545

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