Eugene T. Burke Papers
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, correspondence recollections about holidays (1944-1945) while serving as a Battle Casualty Officer in Italy (1945), military papers and ephemera, personal papers and scrapbook pages.
Dates
- 1944-1945
Creator
- Burke, Eugene T.,1918-2000. (Person)
- Burke, Eugene T., 1918-2000, (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
Captain Eugene T. Burke was born January 17, 1918 in N.Y. He served with the 10th Mountain Division during World War II and was stationed at Camp Hale, Colo.; Camp Swift, Tex. and Camp Carson Colo. During combat operations in Italy, Burke served as the Division's casualty officer. He received the Bronze Star medal for his service at the Apennines and Po River campaigns in the Spring of 1945. Died January 14, 2000 in Copiague, N.Y.
Extent
.25 box
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift;Eugene T. Burke;2006.
General
Catalog record based on preliminary inventory.
Linking Entry Complexity Note
Forms part of: 10th Mountain Division Resource Center Collection.
- Armies -- United States -- Officers -- Correspondence. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Burke, Eugene T., 1918-2000 -- Archives.
- Camp Carson (Colo.) -- Archival resources. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Camp Hale (Colo.) -- Archival resources. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Military maneuvers -- Cold weather conditions. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Personal papers Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Ski troops. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Eugene T. Burke Papers,1944-1945
- Author
- Keli Schmid
- Date
- 2018
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository