10th Mountain Division Reunion Records (St. Louis)

Collection

Identifier: TMD280

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection contains VHS and VHSC recordings of interviews with veterans at a National Association reunion that took place in St. Louis, Missouri in 2001. Veterans interviewed are: Allen, Ken; Andervell, Clint; Barnett, Webster (OH360, 374); Barr, James (OH316); Barrow, Melvin; Brooks Jeddie; Brooks, Jeddie; Brown, Donald; Carlson, Bob (OH321); Carmichael, Dean; Cook, Gerald; Cooper, Dick; Coville, Bob (OH266); Craine, William; Cullinane, Gerry; Eager, Marvin; Eckert, Robert; Ehrgott, Norman; Ericson, Floyd; Fields, Larry (son); Finn, Gardner; Goyer, Robert (OH366); Hauptman, Anne (wife of Chuck Hauptman); Howard, Walter; Lumm, Harold (OH337); Lundby, Gerald; Mussewicz, Stanley; Paque, Frances; Partridge, Fernandez, Al (OH329); Pollack, Jake; Powers, Woody; Privette, B.C.; Rains, Ernest; Reinig, Henry; Ricketson, Russell; Rogers, Richard J. (OH345); Sabin, Robert; Schmidt, Hans; Schwetz, Peter; Single, Karl (OH 411); Staples, Frank; Thompson, Art; Thompson, Hans (OH 408); Tomky, Orville (OH303); Vass, Hassell (OH 404); Verhamme, Eugene (OH 407); Wright, Jack

Dates

2001

Language of Materials

Material is in English unless otherwise noted.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from material in the collection should be discussed with the appropriate librarian or archivist. Permission for publication may be given on behalf of the Denver Public Library as the owner of the physical item. It is not intended to include or permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained by the customer. The imply Library does not assume any responsibility for infringement of copyright or publication rights of the manuscript held by the writer, heirs, donors, or executors. Reproduction restrictions are decided on a case-by-case basis.

Biographical / Historical

The 10th Mountain Division, a full division of the United States Army, specializing in mountain and winter warfare, trained at Camp Hale, Colorado, during World War II. Experienced in skiing, mountaineering and cold-weather survival as well as military tactics, the soldiers fought enemy forces in the Italian Campaign of 1945. Dubbed the "ski troops" by the press, the 10th Mountain Division remains the only military division recruited by a civilian organization, the National Ski Patrol. Many 10th veterans contributed greatly to the development of the recreational ski industry in the United States and to the growth of related fields such as outdoor equipment development and nature conservation.

The National Association of the 10th Mountain Division has sponsored a national reunion approximately every three years since 1959. This collection documents a national reunion held in St. Louis, Missouri in 2001. The reunion was called the “March to the Arch.”