Oscar Carey Papers

Collection

Identifier: M1936

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Letter from Chaplain Forest R. Stickler to Guy Carey (father of Oscar Carey) regarding the death in combat of Oscar Carey April 8, 1945, newspaper clippings and Unit photograph (with Carey identified), Company C, Third Infantry Training Regiment, Camp Robinson, Arkansas (1944).

Dates

1944-1945

Creator

Carey, Oscar, 1926-1945 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Copyright

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Biographical / Historical

Served with the 10th Mountain Division. Transferred from Camp J.T. Robinson, Arkansas to Camp Swift, Texas, on October 29, 1944 and was assigned to the 86th Infantry Regiment, Company A. Served in Italy where he received a Bronze Star Medal for his actions near Pizzo di Camiano in February 1945. Killed in action near Castel d'Aiano on March 30, 1945.