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

 Organization

Found in 67 Collections and/or Records:

Thomas R. Brooks Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M1984
Scope and Contents

The collection contains correspondence; written recollections; copy of a short story by Brooks (1991); and the manuscript of : "10th Mountain Division" history (1997).

Dates: 1991, 1997

Val Appel oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH257
Scope and Contents

The interview provides information and Appel's personal observations about being wounded during basic training in S.C. and talks about his mule packing efforts at Camp Swift. He was shipped out to Camp Patrick Henry before boarding the SS West Point. Appel also discusses being wounded at Mt. Belvedere, and his travels to Germany at the end of the war.

Dates: Check date

Wallace I. Barkeen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD220
Scope and Contents

The collection contains b/w photographs and negatives taken at Camp Hale, Colo.: MGM filming (March 1944); engineer and general camp training (ca.1943-1944); August Barkeen (Wallace Barkeen's father) (ca.1943).

Dates: 1943-1944

William C. Murphy Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD165
Scope and Contents

The collection contains Murphy's scrapbook with clippings, military patches and other ephemera.

Dates: circa 1945

William C. Turner oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH245
Scope and Contents

The interview provides information and personal observations about Turner's lack of comfort with skiing; weather conditions and methods of crossing the Po River; capture of German soldiers at Lake Garda; youthfulness and training of soldiers; how information was relayed to American and German troops that the war had ended; celebration with American and Italian soldiers at war's end.

Dates: Check date

William J. Kehres Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2010
Scope and Contents

The collection contains correspondence (1945); and Kehres' military papers and orders (1945).

Dates: 1945

William J. Terry Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD235
Scope and Contents

Collection contains numerous letters written during Terry's time at Camp Wolter, Tex. (April 1943-August 1943), Camp Hale, Colo. (1943-1944), Camp Swift, Tex. (1944) and Italy (1945); newspaper clipping (April 6, 1943); and three photographs of Terry (1940s-1957).

Dates: 1943-1957; Majority of material found in 1943-1945

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