Wieprecht, Harvey A.,1923-
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Harvey A. Wieprecht oral history
Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH241
Scope and Contents
The interview document Wieprecht's experiences as a member of the 10th Mountain Division: experiences as a ski instructor, radioman and mortar team leader in the 86th during training at Camp Hale and Camp Swift; arrival of his unit in Naples and their movement to the front lines, relieving a British unit; Company F was the first 10th Mountain Division unit to engage the Germans; experiences during the attack on Riva Ridge and the subsequent defense; liberation of Italian villages on the way...
Dates:
no date
Harvey A. Wieprecht Papers
Collection
Identifier: M2047
Scope and Contents
The collection contains family correspondence (Mar. 1943-Dec. 1945); journal (Dec. 1944-Aug. 1945).
Dates:
1943-1945
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- Audiocassettes 1
- Camp Carson (Colo.) -- History. 1
- Camp Hale (Colo.) 1
- Camp Hale (Colo.) -- History. 1
- Camp Swift (Tex.) 1
- Camp Swift (Tex.) -- History. 1
- Correspondence 1
- Diaries 1
- Oral histories (document genres) 1
- Ski troops -- History -- Interviews. 1
- Ski troops. 1
- Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence. 1
- Soldiers -- United States -- Interviews. 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. 1
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