Robert B. Martin Papers
Scope and Contents
Collection contains biographical information and correspondence.
Dates
- undated
Creator
- Martin, Robert B.(Robert Burns),1919-1991. (Person)
- Nagel, Fred, (Person)
Language of Materials
Material is in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Copyright
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Biographical / Historical
Robert Burns Martin was born on January 18, 1919 in Portland, Ore. Martin served with the Oregon National Guard (1940-1942) before enlisting in the Army on August 1942. He received his basic training at Camp Chaffee, Ark. and later attended the General Motors Institute for Army Mechanics where he was selected for officer training. Martin received his commission on July 7, 1943 and served as 1st Lieutenant in the 10th Mountain Division's 126th Mountain Engineer Battalion, Company D. He was stationed at Camp Swift, Tex., in Italy and at Camp Carson, Colo. He was the officer in charge of the construction of the aerial tramway during the battle for Riva Ridge in February 1945. During the Korean War, Martin was a Company Commander with the 2nd Amphibious Support Regiment. He later graduated from Oregon State University as an Industrial Engineer (1958) and worked in the engineering departments of several major companies. Martin died in Los Alamitos, Orange County, Calif. on July 17, 1991.
Extent
1 box(es)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift; Fred Nagel; 2005.
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
- Camp Hale (Colo.) -- Archival resources. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Camp Swift (Tex.) -- Archival resources. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Martin, Robert B. (Robert Burns), 1919-1991 -- Archives.
- Military maneuvers -- Cold weather conditions. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- National Association of the 10th Mountain Division, Inc. -- Archival resources.
- Personal papers Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Ski troops. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Army. Mountain Engineer Battalion, 126th -- Archival resources.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Robert B. Martin Papers
- 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