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

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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.).

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...

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

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

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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.).

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...

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

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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).

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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.).

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

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

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

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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).

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...

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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).

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

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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).

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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).

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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).

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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).

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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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).

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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.

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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.

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