Patano and two soldiers stand together, Fort Knox, 1941

Gift in Memory of Nicholas Patano
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Photograph. Patano, center, and two friends stand outside on a landing in front of a military building. Personal caption on photo reverse: "Robert is on the left. The fellow on the right is Joe, a boxer from New York." Fort Knox, Kentucky. 1941

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1941
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Items from the service of T4 Nicholas J. Patano, who was born in Chicago, Illinois, on January 1, 1916. He worked as a carpenter before he enlisted in the Army on June 21, 1941. Patano went overseas in February of 1944 and served as a Sherman tank driver with the 5th Armored Division, 81st Tank Battalion in the European Theatre. He participated in the Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe campaigns. Patano returned to the United States in September of 1945 and was Honorably Discharged on October 21, 1945. The collection includes over 200 photographs, a few documents and two objects.
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Fort Knox