Harold L. Van Dusen Papers

Collection

Identifier: M2194

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Photocopy of typewritten memoir transcribed by Harold Van Dusen’s wife, Mary Ellen Van Dusen, entitled, “Harold Van Dusen – War Memoirs,” undated, circa 1999 (46 pages).

Dates

circa 1999

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Copyright

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 imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained by the customer. The 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

Harold Van Dusen was born in New York on March 3, 1925 and had completed one year of college before enlisting in the Army on April 6, 1944 at Columbus, Ohio. He was assigned to the 10th Mountain Divison’s 86th Infantry Regiment, Company I, and began his training at Camp Swift, Texas. Van Dusen saw action with the 10th in Italy during World War II and earned a Bronze Star for his actions in the Apennine Mountains and Po River Valley. Harold Van Dusen died in Vermont on November 11, 1999.