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Collection Number: 5386-z

Collection Title: Michael Kalen Berkut Papers, 1938, circa 2000

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Size 14 items
Abstract The Michael Kalen Berkut Papers are a collection of essays that record Berkut's memories of military service during World War II. Berkut wrote about the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment on active duty in North Africa, Italy, the D-Day invasion of Normandy, and the Battle of the Bulge in Netherlands. Also included is a copy of Il Fuhrer in Italia (1938).
Creator Berkut, Michael Kalen, 1915-2016.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English, Italian, French, German
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use
No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Michael Kalen Berkut Papers #5386-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received in April 2008 (Acc. 100900).
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Encoded by: Laura Smith

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Michael Kalen Berkut served with the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division from 1942 to 1946.

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The Michael Kalen Berkut Papers are a collection of essays that record Berkut's memories of military service during World War II. He wrote about the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment on active duty in North Africa, Italy, the D-Day invasion of Normandy, and the Battle of the Bulge in Netherlands. Also included is a copy of Il Fuhrer in Italia (1938).

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Folder 1

Folder 2

Papers

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