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William A. Farrow Jr. oral history

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Identifier: C MSS OH276
Scope and Contents The interview provides information and Farrow's personal observations about being a high school skier in SW Colo. who signed up for the Army Specialized Training Program at Camp Walter, Tex. so he could train to be an engineer. The program was soon canceled after his arrival and Farrow requested that he join the 10th Mountain Division. He discusses his training at Camp Hale, first in the machine squad, later as a radioman, before being switched to working with the animal section. Farrow left...
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Found in: Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy

William D. Parker oral history

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Identifier: C MSS OH365
Scope and Contents

The interview provides information and personal observations about Parker's experiences: basic training in Tex.; volunteering for the 10th Mountain Division and being assigned at Camp Swift, Tex. in November 1944; trip across the Atlantic Ocean en route to Naples, Italy.

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Found in: Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy

William J. Speirs oral history

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Identifier: C MSS OH351
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The interview provides information and personal observations about Speirs' experiences: contracting yellow fever at Ft. Lewis, Wash.; digging a trench from the Apennines to Lake Garda; being a mail clerk; being at a farmhouse when it was being shelled; the end of the war.

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Found in: Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy

William R. Brown oral history

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Identifier: C MSS OH319
Scope and Contents The interview provides information and personal observations about Brown's experiences: basic training at Ft. Jackson, S.C. and time spent at Ft. Benning, Ga., and Ft. Lewis, Wash.; training standards and discipline at Camp Hale, Colo.; uniqueness of soldiers, skiing experience; leadership characteristics of General Hays; transfer of mules from Camp Hale to Camp Swift, Tex.; being pinned down at della Torraccia and being wound in action, receiving the Silver Star; role in the development of...
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Found in: Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy

William R. "Sarge" Brown, Jr. oral history

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Identifier: C MSS OH395
Scope and Contents The interview provides information and personal observations about Brown's experiences: learning to ski as a child in Idaho; enlisting in the Army after Pearl Harbor; basic training in Georgia at Ft.Lewis; being assigned to Camp Hale and description of training; being a weapons platoon sergeant at Camp Swift; going to Italy and time in Austria after the Germans surrendered; being deployed to Korea from Ft. Carson in June 1950; being asked by Minnie Dole to develop a Mountain Training Center...
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Found in: Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy

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Military maneuvers -- Cold weather conditions. 124
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Soldiers -- United States -- Interviews. 124
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. 124
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Camp Swift (Tex.) -- History. 56
Kiska Island (Alaska) -- History. 14
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Fort Ord (Calif.) -- History. 8
Camp Roberts (Calif.) -- History. 2
Fort McCoy (Wis.) -- History. 2
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United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 86th -- Interviews. 45
Kealy, Abbie, 37
United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 87th -- Interviews. 37
United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th -- Interviews. 26
Excelsior School and Club Association (Denver, Colo.) 23
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Hampton, Myrna, 6
Roaring Fork Valley Historical Association, 5
Tilson, Bernie, 5
Smith, John, 3
United States. Army. Field Artillery Battalion (Pack), 605th -- Interviews. 3
Barnett, Webster G., 1923-2010 -- Interviews. 2
Barnett, Webster G., 1923-2010, 2
Barnett, Webster G.,1923-2010. 2
Baulser, Kate, 2
Brown, William R., Jr., 1922-2008 -- Interviews. 2
Brown, William R., Jr., 1922-2008, 2
Brown, William R.,Jr.,1922-2008. 2
Hampton, Henry J., 1907-1950. -- Archival resources. 2
Hoopes, Brad, 2
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