In this episode, City of Service, Jamie LaValley tells the story of Fitchburg's Michael Addorizzi and his time in the Navy during World War II. It also connects this story to Fitchburg's heritage of service.

Jamie is a senior Engineering Technology major with a concentration in Manufacturing Engineering Technology. To research and produce this episode, he drew from the Michael Vincent Addorisio (Addorizzi) Family Collection at Fitchburg State University's Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library and archive. This special collection was donated to the university by the Addorisio family in 2022 in collaboration with the Center for Italian Culture. The story of the donation can be found here.

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Episodes in this series were produced and edited by the Fitchburg State University students in Professor Kisha Tracy's Storytelling and the Oral Tradition course (ENGL 2890) in the Spring 2025 semester.

"Saxifrage" is the Fitchburg Your Story theme music. Music by Prof. Robin Dinda, Text by Prof. DeMisty Bellinger-Delfeld. Performed by Fitchburg State University Choirs with Alanna Rantala (piano) and Prof. Jonathan Harvey (conductor).

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Episode transcript here.

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Additional mixing and mastering by members of the Perseverantia staff.

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