Orville T. Tomky oral history
Scope and Contents
The interview provides information and personal observations about Tomky's experiences: crossing the Po River; armored cars used and casualties; role of Company B at Mount Belvedere; field house that was once located at Camp Hale, bought by a rancher in Carbondale, attending functions held in the field house at the ranch.
Dates
- Check date
Creator
- Tomky, Orville T.,1924- (Person)
- Tomky, Orville T., 1924- (Person)
- Johnson, Vicky, (Person)
Language of Materials
Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by the author of the items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
Orville T. Tomky was born in Morgan County, Colo. on February 17, 1924, and enlisted in the Army at Denver, Colo. on June 5, 1943. At the time of his enlistment, he was unmarried, had completed four years of high school, and working as a farmhand. Tomky joined the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale, Colo., where he was assigned to Company B of the 16th Mountain Engineering Battalion. He also served at Camp Swift, Tex. before being sent to Italy. He attained the rank of Technician Grade 5.
Extent
1 DVD
Immediate Source of Acquisition
GIft;Orville Tomky;2007.
Linking Entry Complexity Note
Forms part of the 10th Mountain Division Resource Center Collection.
- Camp Hale (Colo.) -- History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Camp Swift (Tex.) -- History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- DVDs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Military maneuvers -- Cold weather conditions. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mini-DV Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Oral histories (document genres) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Ski troops -- History -- Interviews. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Soldiers -- United States -- Interviews. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tomky, Orville T., 1924- -- Interviews.
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th -- Interviews.
- United States. Army. Mountain Engineer Battalion, 126th -- Interviews.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Orville T. Tomky oral history,2007[videorecording]
- Author
- Finding Aid prepared from MARC data.
- Description rules
- Anglo American Cataloguing Rules
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository
