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Carl Lavin papers, 1943-1946, Date acquired: 06/18/1999, bulk 1945

 

Summary

Creator:
Lavin, Carl
Extent:
1.00 folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Carl Lavin papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_99_0146.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Acquisition information:

Carl Lavin

donation

Custodial history:

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

Arrangement:

creator

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researcdhers.

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], Carl Lavin papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_99_0146.

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