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Harris Dusenbery oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH325

Scope and Contents

The interview provides information and personal observations about Dusenbery's experiences: early life; training at Camp Hale, Colo.; D-Series maneuvers, combat experiences in Italy.

Dates

  • Check date

Creator

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

Harris Dusenbery was born on February 26, 1914 in Roundup, Mont. He received a B.A. in Political Science from Reed College, Portland Or. (1936) and enlisted in the Army on September 18, 1943 at Portland, Or. Dusenbery joined the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale, Colo. and served with Company C, and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 86th Infantry Regiment. Trained as a rifleman, and later served as a scout, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his actions during the Apennines and Po River campaigns in Spring 1945. He wrote three books about his service with the 10th Mountain Division: The North Apennines and Beyond with the 10th Mountain Division (1998); Ski the High Trail (with Wilson P. Ware, 1991) and Diary of a Tenth Mountain Division Soldier in Italy self published in the late 1940ʹs.

Extent

1 videodiscs (DVD)

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift;Harris Dusenbery;2004.

Linking Entry Complexity Note

Forms part of the 10th Mountain Division Resource Center Collection.

Title
Finding Aid for the Harris Dusenbery oral history,2003[videorecording]
Author
Finding Aid prepared from MARC data.
Description rules
Anglo American Cataloguing Rules
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
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Repository Details

Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository

Contact:
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