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  • Contributing Institution: Center for American War Letters Archives
    Title: Michele Bifulco Second World War correspondence
    Creator: Bifulco, Michele, 1919-1964
    source: Tornee, Margaret
    source: Krulish, Denise Bifulco
    Identifier/Call Number: 2017.183.w.r
    Physical Description: .025 Linear feet (1 folder)
    Date (inclusive): 1943 February 18 - 1944 August 4
    Abstract: Private First Class Michele Bifulco, United States Army writes to his fiancee Margaret Tornee about his training and life in France during the Second World War. The collection includes five letters and a copy of Bifulco's honorable discharge form.
    Language of Material: English .
    Container: WWII 14
    Container: 3

    Conditions Governing Access

    This collection is open for research.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Denise Bifulco Krulish

    Arrangement

    This collection is arranged chronologically.

    Preferred Citation

    [Item title, Box number, Folder number], Michele Bifulco Second World War correspondence (2017.183.w.r), Center for American War Letters Archives, Chapman University, CA.
    For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.

    Content Description

    The collection includes five correspondence from PFC Michele Bifulco, USA, to his fiancee Margaret Tornee in Brooklyn during the Second World War. There is also a copy of Bifulco's Honorable Discharge form. The form identifies Bifulco as a Private First Class with the 2489th Quartermaster Truck Company.
    In the letters, Bifulco writes about training and about his life in France. He also writes about his longing for home. The collection also includes a Christmas card with pictures presumably of the couple. In another letter, Bifulco transcribes the poem "A Soldier's Dream" by Vance Howard. Two of the letters and the Christmas card are undated.
    Although Bifulco addresses the letters to his "wife", the donor writes that the couple married after Bifulco returned from the war. The donor is the daughter of the couple and writes that she inherited the collection from her father.
    According to the donor, Bifulco was born in September of 1919 in Brooklyn, New York. The family moved to Maywood, New Jersey in 1960 and Bifulco died in 1964.

    Conditions Governing Use

    There are no restrictions on the use of this material except where previously copyrighted material is concerned. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain all permissions. For further copyright information, please contact the archivist.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    World War (1939-1945)
    Correspondence -- World War, 1939-1945
    World War (1939-1945) -- France
    Tornee, Margaret
    Krulish, Denise Bifulco