Robert C. Tangarone Papers
Scope and Contents
Collection contains Tangarone's memoir (2003); b/w photo in Italy (1945); v-mail correspondence to family (1945).
Dates
- 1945, 2003
Creator
- Tangarone, Robert C.,1917-2012. (Person)
- Tangarone, Robert C., 1917-2012 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Copyright
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Biographical / Historical
Robert Tangarone was born on December 6, 1917 in Hartford, Conn. and enlisted in the Army on June 2, 1941 at Hartford, Conn. At the time of his enlistment he was unmarried, had completed four years of high school and working as a lithographer. Tangarone served at a number of different Army bases in the United States before being sent to North Africa. In 1945 he joined the 10th Mountain Division in Italy as a replacement soldier with the 604th Field Artillery Battalion. Tangarone attained the rank of Technical Sergeant. He died in Hartford, Conn. on June 14, 2012.
Extent
1 envelope
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Robert Tangarone, 2003.
General
Catalog record based on preliminary inventory.
Linking Entry Complexity Note
Forms part of: 10th Mountain Division Resource Center Collection.
- Memoirs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Military maneuvers -- Cold weather conditions. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Personal papers Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Ski troops. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tangarone, Robert C., 1917-2012 -- Archives.
- United States. Army. Field Artillery Battalion, 604th -- Archival resources.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository