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Title Joe Jachetta Wartime Memories
Author Jacheta, Joe
Date 30 Aug 1999 - 7 May 2000
Document Type Personal Account; Photograph
Publisher Information Telegraph Hill Dwellers
Reference IHRC3412, Box 1
Library / Archive Immigration History Research Center Archives, University of Minnesota
Collection Name Telegraph Hill Dwellers Oral Histories Collection, 1979-1980
Description Joe Jachetta recalls his experiences in the Second World War as a Forward Observer, life on board ship and experiences on the Western Front. Includes family photographs throughout.
Series Description The interviews are part of a project undertaken by the Bancroft Library's Regional Oral History Program, University of California, Berkeley in 1993-1996 to document the experiences of Italian Americans from San Francisco's North Beach District. The interviews were transcribed and edited by volunteers from the Telegraph Hill Dwellers' Oral History Project.
Biographical Note / History Telegraph Hill Dwellers is a non-profit organization founded in 1954 to "perpetuate the historic traditions of San Francisco's Telegraph Hill and to represent the community interests of its residents and property owners".
Theme(s) Permanent Settlement and Successive Generations; Religion, Ethnic Identity and Community Relations
Country (from) Italy
Country (to) United States of America
Places Monterey, California, United States; Gourock, Scotland; Dachua, Germany
Ports Southampton, England; San Francisco, California, United States; Le Havre, France
Nationality Italian; Italian-America; European; German; American; Japanese; Asian
Ships Aquitania; Queen Mary; SS Lesidy
People Tomaselli, Audrey
Keywords imemigrant, immigration, holidays and celebrations, family, family records, biography, marriage, First World War, medical examination, army, conflict, electricity, furniture, commodities, music, literacy, education, health and sickness, clergy, religion, camp, food, broadcasting, employment, women, shipping, freight, rations, weather, medicine, housing, Catholicism, death, battle, foreign occupation, concentration camp, liberation, port, travel, finance, banking, clothing, Jewish
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Catalogue Link Immigration History Research Center Archives Catalogue
Language English
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