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United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 87th -- Archival resources.

 Organization

Found in 60 Collections and/or Records:

Alan L. Shultes Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD327
Scope and Contents

Collection contains photos of Camp Hale, Colo. (1943-1944); unit photo of Company C, 87th Infantry Regiment (1944); memoir by H. Robert Krear: The journal of a U.S. Army mountain trooper in World War II (1993); Birth of a division by George F. Earle (1995); company roster and insignias (n.d.); information packet on the World War II valor in the Pacific National Monument (n.d.).

Dates: 1943-1944, 1993-1995

Andres Vigil oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH240
Scope and Contents Discusses signing up for the 10th Mountain troops at the beginning of the war, about training and about being assigned to the HQ Company. He arrives at Camp Hale after Christmas of 1943 for mountain training and ski instruction. He serves on Kiska and describes the conditions and the weather there. He goes to Camp Carson for mountain climbing training and transfers to Camp Hale. He's sent to Italy and describes the actions on Mt. Belvedere, the taking of prisoners, the minefields, and the...
Dates: Check date

Armand W. Giovanni Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2120
Scope and Contents

Collection contains Giovanni's war journal (1945), military records, postcards (1945), photographs (1943-1945).

Dates: 1943-1945, 1980

Arthur L. Glidden Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2121
Scope and Contents

Collection contains photocopies of correspondence believed to have been written by Glidden written between July 18 - November 18, 1943 (65 pages).

Dates: 1943

Avril B. Jensen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2132
Scope and Contents

Collection contains copy of Jensen's memoir: Avril B. Jensen Memoirs 1940-1945 U.S.A.C. Army Recovery (n.d.); Army service questionnaire (n.d.).

Dates: Unknown

Brian Lindner Research Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD316
Scope and Contents Collection contains research on soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division who were killed in action and also had a relationship to the state of Vermont including: David H.C. Dennis; Delmas J. Devenger; Roger D. Emerson; Edwin A. Johnson; William A. Kynoch; Robert J. LaBombard; James C. Muir; Herbert W. A. Spaulding; Everett R. Griffin. Research files contain military records, correspondence, interview transcripts, photographs.The project was undertaken for the Vermont Ski and...
Dates: 1943-2006

Bruce A. Wakefield Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2196
Scope and Contents

Collection contains: photocopies of Wakefield's military records (1945, 1946); correspondence (1943, 1945, 1988).

Dates: 1945-1988

Carleton B. Shay Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2214
Scope and Contents

Collection contains: CD-Rom with copies, pictures and documents used for My Life in the Mountain Troops oral history (n.d.); soldiers handbooks (1943-1945).

Dates: 1943-1945

Cornelius M. Molenaar Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD253
Scope and Contents

Collection contains approximately 350 black and white, and color photos of individuals, groups, activities and training at Kiska, in Italy and Yugoslavia (October 1942-November 1945) and the Vail reunion (1983); 74 35mm color slides of Camp Hale, Colo. and 23 35mm color slides of Italy (n.d.).

Dates: 1942-1983

Daniel J. Muffoletto Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2141
Scope and Contents

Collection contains copies of pages from Muffoletto's scrapbook: photographs, clippings, articles, citations, military orders.

Dates: Unknown

David L. Sills Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M1939
Scope and Contents

Collection contains memoir (copy) Climbing the Kiska Volcano by David L. Sills.

Dates: 2007

Dean Aubry Thomas Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD137
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a collection of 51 Christmas cards designed by Thomas.

Dates: Unknown

Donald L Kitzman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD315
Scope and Contents

Collection contains bibliography of works about the 10th Mountain Division (1977); clippings, brochures, lists, schedules, programs, correspondence for 10th Mountain Division reunions held in 1965, 1969, 1977, 1986, 1992; Bronze Medal citation (n.d.); Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of the 10th Mountain Division (2007).

Dates: 1945-2007

Donald M. Dwyer oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH275
Scope and Contents The interview provides information and personal observations about Dwyer's experience at officer's training school at Fort Benning, Ga. and his decision to join the 10th Mountain Division. His most memorable experiences included his time with the D series at Camp Hale; hist trip to Italy in the USS West Point; combat at Belvedere and the Po River; and, with detail, he describes how wearing his Lt. badge saved his life by deflecting a sniper's bullet. He also describes hist trip home and his...
Dates: Check date

Earl R. Griffin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD314
Scope and Contents

Collection contains military service questionnaire (n.d.); Kiska invasion maps (1943); photographs of the Kiska occupation (1943), training at Mt. Rainier (1942), Camp Hale, Colo. (1943-1944).

Dates: 1942-1944

Edgerton E. Hyde Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2129
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a copy of Hyde's memoir: From Boy to Man Courtesy of Uncle Sam (2003).

Dates: 2003

Edward D. McDonald Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2153
Scope and Contents

Collection contains photocopies of memoir: No Japs at All by Edward D. McDonald (ca.1947); photocopy of a photograph of Edward McDonald (n.d.); photocopy of letter written to Richard Rocker by Mary McDonald (1948).

Dates: 1947-1948

Eldon C. Metzger Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2161
Scope and Contents

Collection contains original family correspondence (1942-1945); photographs of Camp Hale and Camp Carson, Colo. (1940s); color photographs of Rome and Venice, Italy (ca.1946).

Dates: 1942-1946

Elliott C. Edwins Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M1953
Scope and Contents

Includes: This Damn Tree Leaks by Bill Mauldin (paperback book with autographs of 10th Mountain Division soldiers on every page). Index to the autographs (paper copy and CD-ROM copy).

Dates: 1945

Erling O. Omland Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD330
Scope and Contents

Collection contains copies of manuscripts, correspondence, publicity for Omland memoirs: Hill Echoes (1994-1997); copies of family correspondence (1943-1944); copies of clippings, roster lists, packing lists, ski scores (1943-1997), booklet of poems (1945-1995); photographs of Fort Drum Reunion (1998).

Dates: 1943-1998

Eugene P. Winters Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD312
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a scrapbook (1941-ca.1945) with photographs, correspondence, clippings; hand written letter with information about Company G, 87th Infantry Regiment (April 2001).

Dates: 1941-1945; 2001

Eugene W. Rice Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD261
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a written record with photographs of his time in a hill town in Northern Italy (1945), photographs, photographic slides, diaries, audio recordings.

Dates: 1942-1999, unknown

Felix F. Church Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD267
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a photo album with photographs of reunion activities (1979-1990) including 3 images from 1944.

Dates: 1944, Unknown

Frank Bonanno Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD15
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a scrapbook with photographs of Bonanno and his friends, personal letter, other papers; loose material: uniform patches, medal, name tag; photomontage of photos documenting basic training to service in Italy.

Dates: 1943-1945

Frank K. Kappler Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2133
Scope and Contents

Collection contains correspondence, clippings, b/w photographs, color photographs, manuscripts, bulletin related to the 10th Mountain Division publications: Blizzard and Rucksack.

Dates: 1943-1998

Frederick C. Miller Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD333
Scope and Contents

Collection contains Frederick Miller correspondence to his mother (1928-1944), Colo. map (1942), clippings (1942-1943), postcards (1942-1943), photographs (1942-1943).

Dates: 1928-1944

George C. Dangman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD94
Scope and Contents

Collection contains correspondence (1943-1945), a biographical sketch (n.d.), transcription of clippings regarding Dangman's artwork (n.d.), a photograph of Dangman (1944) and 19 wood block prints on Christmas cards by Dangman (1971-1988).

Dates: 1943-1988

George D. Firman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD311
Scope and Contents

Collection contains copy of Firman's memoir: "K Co. 87th Mtn. Inf. Reg." describing the invasion of Kiska Island; correspondence; photographs of Camp Roberts, Kiska Island, Italy.

Dates: 1943-1945

Gerald B. Cullinane Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD38
Scope and Contents

Collection contains correspondence, letters of recommendation from National Ski Patrol; copies of military papers and photographs; memoir: From Student to Solider: My War Years 1941-1945.

Dates: 1942-2000

Gordon McWade Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD319
Scope and Contents

Collection contains three letters written by Gordon McWade to his family (1942-1943).

Dates: 1942-1943

Additional filters:

Subject
Ski troops. 43
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. 36
Military maneuvers -- Cold weather conditions. 26
Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence. 26
Personal papers 23