Ruso H. Perkins oral history
Scope and Contents
The interview provides information and personal observations about Perkins' experiences: basic training at Camp Roberts, Calif.; time spent at Kiska Island, Alaska; working in the supply room issuing clothing, food, rifles, bedding, etc.; carrying supplies in a trailer in Italy and crossing the Po River; devastation in Italy during the war.
Dates
- Check date
Creator
- Perkins, Ruso H.,1914-2008. (Person)
- Perkins, Ruso H., 1914-2008, (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
Ruso H. Perkins was born in New Berlin, N.Y. on September 10, 1914 and enlisted in the Army on April 20, 1942 at Fort Niagara, N.Y. He served briefly at Camp Roberts, Calif. before joining the unit that ecame the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Lewis, Wash. Perkins participated in the landings on Kiska Island, Alaska and trained at Camp Hale, Colo. and Camp Swift, Tex. as a member of Company I of the 87th Moutain Infantry Regiment. During combat operations in Italy, he received the Bronze Star medal for his actions during the Apennines and Po River campaigns in Spring 1945. He died on July 2, 2008 in New Berlin, N.Y.
Extent
1 videodiscs (DVD)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift;Ruso Perkins;2004.
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 Roberts (Calif.) -- 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
- Kiska Island (Alaska) -- History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- 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
- Perkins, Ruso H., 1914-2008 -- Interviews.
- Ski troops -- History -- Interviews. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Soldiers -- United States -- Interviews. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 87th -- Interviews.
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th -- Interviews.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Ruso H. Perkins oral history,2004[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
