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United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th.

 Organization

Found in 67 Collections and/or Records:

John Duffy Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD47
Scope and Contents Collection contains materials related to Duffy's work as at the National Association of the 10th Mountain Division including information about: chapter meetings, executive committee meetings, board of directors meetings, correspondence, financial materials, membership information, reunion information, research projects and website information. Reference and research materials on WWII and the 10th Mountain Division, copies of intelligence reports during the Italian Campaign, large format...
Dates: 1943-2008

John Montagne Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD162
Scope and Contents

The collection contains two scrapbooks (1942-1946) chronicling Montagne's military service; a copy of Montagne's: "Narrative about equipment used for ice and glacier climbing school" (1999); vita (1986); obituary (2008).

Dates: 1942-1946

John S. Creaghe Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD201
Scope and Contents

The collection contains copies of journal entries and military records (1944-1946); correspondence, photos (1980s-2002); and documentation on Creaghe's Distinguished Service Cross award (1945).

Dates: 1944-2015

John W. Pollock Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD243
Scope and Contents

Collection contains 2 photograph albums (1943-1944) with images from Camp Hale (Colo.) showing enlisted men, buildings, camp personnel, informal gatherings, the Weasel, Cooper Hill Ski training area, aerial tramway and bridges, pack mules, equipment, mountains.

Dates: 1942-1986

Keith J. Kvam Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD210
Scope and Contents

The collection includes family and condolence related correspondence (1943-1945); Kvam's military records and personal papers (1943-1946); photographs (n.d.); notes, papers, drafts and a copy of Kvam's biography: "My Brother Keith: A Remembrance" by Audrey Wendland (ca. 1998).

Dates: 1943-1998

Kenyon K. Cooke Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M1992
Scope and Contents

The collection includes correspondence (1994) and a copy of Cooke's memoirs: "Memories of C Company 85 Mtn. Inf. in Action" edited by John Imbrie (ca. 1945).

Dates: 1945, 1994

Lawrence S. Brown Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD231
Scope and Contents

The collection contains assorted clippings (n.d.); correspondence (1943-1944, 1974); photographs (1943-1989); and other related ephemera (n.d.).

Dates: 1943-1989

Malcolm N. MacKenzie Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD9
Scope and Contents

The collection includes poetry by Erling Omland, Laura Winter and Thurl Brown; film and interview transcripts; National Association correspondence, business papers and notes; History of the International Federation of Mountain Soldiers (draft by MacKenzie); Army Signal Corps photographs (1943-1945); newspaper clippings, reunion materials, reunion photographs (1990-2001) and other related ephemera.

Dates: 1943-2001

Manfred G. Wuerslin oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH357
Scope and Contents The interview provides information and personal observations about Wuerslin's experiences: being a student at Northwestern University where he joined the reserves and later the 10th Mountain Division; interest in skiing and the out-of-doors; his cousin in the German army; time at Mt. Belvedere and combat on Hill 913; spa where he spent time before the April 1945 offensive; being wounded in action prior to crossing the Po River; visiting Italian cities after the war and the positive...
Dates: Check date

Marlin Weinberg Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD297
Scope and Contents

Collection contains copy of a 4-part, handwritten account by Weinberg of the activities of 3rd section, 3rd platoon (81mm mortars), Company D, 1st Battalion, 85th Infantry Regiment during the Italian campaign (1945); copies of 5 letters written between Weinberg and his parents (April-November 1945).

Dates: 1945

Martin L. Daneman oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH268
Scope and Contents

The interview provides information and personal observations about Daneman's arrival at Camp Hale, being assigned to S-2 squad, experiences with "D" Series training, his relationship with Captain William M. Shepard and their experiences scouting and performing reconnaissance, heavy casualties at Mount Belvedere and now his two best friends were killed, death of Captain Shepard, experiences with Italian families.

Dates: Check date

Martin Leonard D'Ooge oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH272
Scope and Contents

The interview provides information and personal observations about D'Ooge's assignment as a replacement officer, battle at Castel d'Aiano and hearing loss, German resistance at Lake Garda, reaction to the end of the war, Camp Carson, Colo., inactivation of the division after the war.

Dates: Check date

Martin Leonard D'Ooge Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2000
Scope and Contents

The collection contains correspondence (1945); military records and personal papers (1945-1947); map with notations (ca.1945); and a memoir: "1st Platoon, Co. D, 85 Mtn. Inf. Reg., 10th Mtn. Div." (1991).

Dates: 1945-1947, 1991

Mervin R. Pope Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD240
Scope and Contents

Collection contains two souvenir photo albums from Ft. Lewis, Wash. with images of the military base, soldiers, pack mules, Mt. Rainier, Wash. coast.

Dates: 1941-1942

Neil J. Christie Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD173
Scope and Contents

The collection contains a scrapbook of newspaper clippings compiled by Christie's wife.

Dates: circa 1943-1945

Oliver J. La Mere Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD296
Scope and Contents

Collection contains 17 b/w photographic prints (ca.1942-1945); newspaper clipping (1945); Purple Heart and Bronze Star medals (1945); correspondence (1940s); 1 CD-Rom of photographs documenting La Mere's life (n.d.); manuscript of: In Memory, 1st Lieutenant Oliver J. La Mere: A Soldiers Biography by Charles Chouinard (2010); photographs of Fort Riley, Kan. (1933-1944), Fort Meade, S.D. (1942), family and friends (1940s).

Dates: 1933-1945, 2010

Oliver James "Jim" Barr oral history

 Collection
Identifier: OH316
Scope and Contents The interview provides information and personal observations about the history of the 10th Mountain Division, training, combat and perceptions of the D-Series maneuvers; Barr's decision to join the 10th Mountain Division; skiing in Wash. state prior to enlistment; travel to Camp Hale, Colo.; involvement in the battle for Mt. Belvedere and Barr being the first to reach the summit; the battles of della Terraccio and della Spe; the role of officers in battle, most specifically lieutenants....
Dates: Check date

Paul C. Turner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2040
Scope and Contents

The collection contains correspondence (1943); military papers (1943-1945).

Dates: 1943-1945

Peter A. Wick Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2046
Scope and Contents

The collection contains personal correspondence (1942, 1945).

Dates: 1942, 1945

Pierre Delfausse oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH270
Scope and Contents

The interview provides information and personal observations about Delfausse's assignment to the 10th Mountain Division because he listed skiing as a sport he participated in on a questionnaire at Ft. Dix, N.J., deployment to Italy, being an S-5 Sergeant during the assault on Belvedere, injury in Italy and being sent back to the U.S. before the end of the war, finding a chest containing German payroll in Italian lire, Bocci family.

Dates: Check date

Remo J. Billi Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M1980
Scope and Contents

Copies of Billi's wartime correspondence printed in memorial publication (1945).

Dates: 1943-1945, 2002

Richard J. Cooper Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M1993
Scope and Contents

The collection contains Cooper's military papers (1942-1945); related ephemera (ca.1940's); and a copy of his memoir: "Trooper Cooper's Nine Lives" (n.d.).

Dates: 1942-1945

Richard Schwarzchild Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD289
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a copy of Schwarzchild's unpublished autobiography: Without fear of infamy (n.d.); Senator Robert Dole correspondence (1996). German military uniform patches, German and Italian currency, safe conduct passes and receipts for surrendered soldiers, ephemera, letter transcripts, AMS map (1944-1945).

Dates: 1943-1945, 1966

Robert Duvall oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH246
Scope and Contents

The interview provides information and personal observations about Duvall's role as a replacement soldier with the 85th Infantry Regiment including his perceptions of the soldiers who were already members and had trained with the 10th Mountain Division as skiers; his transport to Naples, Italy aboard the SS Monticello.

Dates: Check date

Robert F. Moran papers

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS -M1918
Scope and Contents

Copies of service documents: Letter of Commendation to Moran from Colonel R.C. Barlow (1945), discharge papers (1946), VA notice of training status (1951-1953), as well as a photograph of Moran, possibly taken in Italy (ca.1945).

Dates: Check date

Robert W. Lewis Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD181
Scope and Contents

The collection contains an assortment of materials related to Lewis' involvement with the 10th Mountain Division reunions: New England Chapter, Nation Association of the 10th Mountain Division photograph album (1975); Italy reunion photograph albums (1982); Camp Hale 50th Anniversary 1942-1992 photograph album (1992); loose photographs and a group of 35 mm slides (1976-1979).

Dates: 1945-1992

Samuel J. Morrison Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD112
Scope and Contents The collection includes: family correspondence (1943), personal correspondence (1956-2005), National Association of the 10th Mountain Division correspondence (2000-2007), 6 video tapes covering the various 10th Mountain Division reunions (1997-2000), International Federation of Mountain Soldiers Congress papers (2005), as well as ephemera, news clippings and photographs, copy of the "Prayer Book for Jews in the Armed Forces of the United States" by the National Jewish Welfard Board...
Dates: 1943-2007

Stan and Jean Cummings oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH401
Scope and Contents The interview was conducted with Jean Cummings in September 2000 as part of a documentary on people active in WWII. Jean A. (Bruce) Cummings was born in Summit, N.J. in 1918. She was a graduate of Brown University (1940), Northwestern University (M.S. 1942). She joined her husband, Stan Cummings at Camp Hale, Colo. in 1943 where she worked as a histopathologist. Jean Cummings provides information and personal observations about both her and her husband's experiences: how they met; activities...
Dates: 2000

Stephen W. Grainer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD148
Scope and Contents

The collection contains Grainer scrapbook with documentation on the Italian campaign and the 10th Mountain Division's return to the United States at the conclusion of the war.

Dates: 1943-1945

Thomas E. Hilliard Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD153
Scope and Contents

The collection contains a scrapbook compiled by Thomas Hilliard, Jr. with postcards, commendations, German propaganda leaflets, articles and other ephemera collected by his father during the war.

Dates: 1945

Additional filters:

Subject
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. 60
Ski troops. 52
Military maneuvers -- Cold weather conditions. 48
Camp Hale (Colo.) 44
Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence. 34