Frank Facente transcript, 1942-2000, Date acquired: 08/08/2000, bulk 1942-1945
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Facente, Frank
- Extent:
- 1.00 folders
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Frank Facente transcript, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_01_0295.
Background
- Scope and content:
The Frank Facente transcript describes medic Frank Facente's service in the 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, as a part of the United States Army during World War II. Facente participated in the landing at Normandy, attacking the Siegfried Line, Battle of Huertgen Forest, Battle of the Bulge, and visiting the concentration camp at Dachau.
- Biographical / historical:
Frank Facente was born on September 3, 1919, in Union City, New Jersey, one of eleven children. He had problems finding work after he graduated high school due to the end of the Depression era.
- Acquisition information:
- Reichelt Program for Oral History
- 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
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Oral history
World War, 1939-1945--France
World War, 1939-1945--Germany
World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain
Hürtgen Forest, Battle of, Germany, 1944
Bastogne, Battle of, 1944-1945
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Luxembourg
World War, 1939-1945--Medical care
Air mail service
World War, 1939-1945--Postal service--Censorship
Camp Gordon Johnston (Fla.)
Operation Nordwind, 1944-1945
Military Discharge--United States
Post-traumatic stress disorder - Names:
- United States. Army. Infantry Division, 4th
- Places:
- Camp Gordon (DeKalb County, Ga.)
Dachau (Concentration camp)
Siegfried Line (Germany)
Fort Dix (N.J.)
Camp Pickett (Va.)
New Jersey
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], Frank Facente transcript, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_01_0295.
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA