Roof top view of the city, Los Angeles, January 1943
Gift in Memory of Nicholas Patano
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Photograph. View looking over the parapet of the roof of a hotel out at the buildings in downtown Los Angeles. Personal caption on photo reverse: "A top view of Los Angeles taken from the top of the Rosslyn hotel." California. January 1943
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01/01/1943
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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.