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Joe Rendelman papers, 1942-1945, Date acquired: 11/19/2002, Date accessioned: 2020-05-22, bulk 1944

 

Summary

Creator:
Rendelman, Joe
Rendelman, Joe
Extent:
1 folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Joe Rendelman papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_02_0477.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains a copy of the oral history interview of Joe Rendelman who served with the 15th Air Force in Italy. He was shot down over Romania after twenty-five missions. He spent six months in a POW camp and was liberated by the Russians in 1944.

Biographical / historical:

Joe Rendelman was born around 1924 in Philadelphia, PA. He served 1942-1945 as an aerial gunner with the the Fifteenth Air Force, initially arriving in Italy. He was shot down over Romania after twenty-five missions. He spent six months in a POW camp and was one of the first American POWs liberated by the Russians in 1944. He was awarded with the soldiers medal, a purple heart, and many other honors.

After returning to the United States, he married Marcia Polatnick, and the couple had 7 children (Michael, Gregory, David, Andrew, Denise Weiner, Sydney Bassman, Julie Spring Rendelman passed away at the age of 82 in Delray Beach, FL, on September 11, 2006.

Custodial history:

This collection was donated by Joe Rendelman. The collection was acquired by the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience on November 19, 2002.

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], Joe Rendelman papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_02_0477.

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