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Anthony C. Chillemi, circa 1935-2012

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Anthony Chillemi served in the Civilian Conservation Corps (1940), in the Hospital Corps of the Navy (1941-February 1942), and as a ward corpsman in the fleet marine force (February 1942-1945). He received naval training in Newport, Rhode Island, and was eventually assigned to the Naval Hospital in Brooklyn. In February 1942 Chillemi was assigned to the fleet marine force. After his training in New River, North Carolina, he served in the Pacific Theater. Chillemi served in A Medical Company, 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Marine Division as a Pharmacist's Mate. His duties included digging ditches, building shelters, providing medical attention to the wounded. His collection includes a manuscript of his experience in the CCC, Navy, and U.S. Marine Corps. The manuscript includes copies of photographs, broadsides, his recollections of service personnel, and his personal memories of training for, participating in, and coming home from the war.

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Anthony Jimenez Papers, 1941-1945

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Photographs, correspondence, news clippings, and artifacts documenting the US Army service of Anthony Jimenez.

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Anthony Rotante Collection, Undetermined

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The Anthony Rotante Collection contains books on Blues and Jazz as well as vinyl record albums, CDs, audiocassette tapes, and clippings.

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Anthony T. DeMuro papers, 1944-1946, Date accessioned

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These papers relate to Private First Class Anthony T. Demuro who served with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Demuro participated in the Battle of Okinawa. The papers include letters and photographs.

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Anticommunist Movement Collection, 1951-1965, Date acquired: 05/00/1995

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Collection of publications of anticommunist organizations in America, 1951-1965, including booklets, periodicals, and brochures dealing with communist conspiracies and threats to America. Key writers and organizations include the Christian Nationalist Crusade and its magazine, The Cross and the Flag, the Cinema Educational Guild, William L. Dickinson, Myron C. Fagan, George B. Fowler, Gerald L. K. Smith, and Robert H. Williams. Subjects include antisemitism, anticommunism, Cuba, flouridation of water, John F. Kennedy, Joseph L. McCarthy, racism, the Selma-Montgomery Rights March (1965), UNICEF, and the United World Federalists.

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Bryant West Indies Slides Collection, Circa 1940-1981

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The Bryant West Indies Slides Collection, Ccirca 1940-1981, contains 35mm slides of various islands in the Caribbean as well as Florida and Venezuela. The slides were taken on collecting trips sponsored by the William L. Bryant Foundation, where books, music and art indigenous to the regions were gathered. They are organized by geographical location. The content of the slides vary and include landscapes, religion, houses, people and everyday life.

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Elaine Tully Woodward Papers, 1949-2015

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Includes FSU Flying High Circus memorabilia, photographs, news clippings, and correspondence created and collected by Elaine Tully Woodward.

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Giles Odell Lofton, III papers, 1943-1945, Date acquired: 09/21/1999

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The collection of Seaman First Class Giles Odell Lofton, III contains an oral history transcript of an interview provided by the Reichelt Program for Oral History. Lofton served in the Navy aboard the USS Wisconsin in the Third Fleet, under Admiral Halsey in the Pacific Theater (PTO) during World War II. The collection also contains documents, U.S.S. Wisconsin papers, photographs of the USS Wisconsin and the Third Fleet during the invasion of Iwo Jima and the surrender of Japan. The photographs show the ships in combat, bombing the shoreline defenses of Iwo Jima, as well as Kamikaze attacks against the fleet. Also, there are photographs of the amphibious landings at Iwo Jima on invasion day, as well as a notice indicating the location of Ernie Pyle's death. The surrender photographs show General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Halsey on the USS Missouri, as well as pictures of Yokohama Bay. "Trench Art" pieces are included in the collection.

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Antolin Carbonell Collection, 1920-2024

Antonio Francis Morrow Jr. transcript, October 8, 2004, bulk 1942-1945

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This collection relates to Private 1st Class Antonio Francis Morrow who served with the 82nd Airborne Division in North Africa and the European Theater of Operations during World War II. This collection contains an interview transcript of Morrow.

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