Raymond C. Josephson oral history
Scope and Contents
The interview provides information and personal observations about Josephson's experiences: being a skier and having Minnie Dole tell him about the formation of the National Ski Patrol; serving on air bases in Fla., Mass., and R.I. before joining the 10th Mountain Division; travel to Camp Hale and Fort Ord for the preparation of the invasion of Kiska Island; condition and activities at Kiska, friendly fire, casualties; returning to Camp Hale and participating in the "D" series; searchlight maneuvers and crossing the Po River.
Dates
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Creator
- Josephson, Raymond C.,1918-2010. (Person)
- Johnson, Vicky, (Person)
- Josephson, Raymond C., 1918-2010 (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
Raymond C. Johnson was born on September 14, 1918 in Farmington, Conn. and enlisted in the Army on July 31, 1942 at Hartford, Conn. At the time of his enlistment he was unmarried, had completed four years of college, and working as a semiskilled machine shop operator. Josephson joined the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale, Colo., where he was assigned to Headquarters Company of the 3rd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, later with Company H. He also served at Fort Ord, Calif., Kiska Island, Camp Carson, Colo., and Camp Swift, Tex. before being sent to Italy. Josephson attained the rank of Sergeant. He died in Farmington, Conn. on September 25, 2010.
Extent
1 DVD
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift;Ray Josephson;2007.
Linking Entry Complexity Note
Forms part of the 10th Mountain Division Resource Center Collection.
- Camp Carson (Colo.) -- History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- 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
- Fort Ord (Calif.) -- History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Josephson, Raymond C., 1918-2010 -- Interviews.
- 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
- 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 Raymond C. Josephson 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
