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Collection contains 62 black and white photos take during the Columbia Ice Fields expedition, at Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada (July-Aug. 1942).

SCOPE AND CONTENT The collection spans 1937 to 1946. It includes limited personal and military papers as well as numerous black and white photographs. SERIES 1 MILITARY SERVICE 1937-1945 BOX 1 Limited personal and military papers document Reynold's service with the 10th Mountain Division during World War II. Limited memorabilia is also included. SERIES 2 PHOTOGRAPHS 1942-1946 BOX 1 Black and white photographs...

Scope and Contents The interview provides information and personal observations about Tidwell's experiences: living in N.Y., attending trade school in Brooklyn, working for an aircraft company on deferment; enlisted because his brother survived being on a Navy ship that was blown up; assignment to the 10th Mountain Division and being sent to Naples, Italy; being with Company C at Riva Ridge; Mount Belvedere; German 88mm guns, minefields and other obstructions, being reprimanded for killing a chicken; going to...

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The collection contains an assortment of materials related to Lewis' involvement with the 10th Mountain Division reunions: New England Chapter, Nation Association of the 10th Mountain Division photograph album (1975); Italy reunion photograph albums (1982); Camp Hale 50th Anniversary 1942-1992 photograph album (1992); loose photographs and a group of 35 mm slides (1976-1979).

Scope and Contents The interview provides information and personal observations about MacDonald's experiences: role of the 10th Mountain Division and the importance of training; German strategy in Italy; gaps in communication and the friction this caused between officers and front line soldiers (DVD1) -- role of specialized troops and development of the 10th Mountain Division; being a soldier in Italy and differences between Camp Hale and Italy; why Italy was called the "Forgotten Front"; war in general from...

Scope and Contents Discusses quitting college to learn to ski, about learning about the ski troops after Pearl Harbor, and about reporting to duty in June with the 87th Infantry Regiment at Fort Lewis. Sent to Camp Hale when it had just opened and had high altitude training as a rifleman. Talks about arriving in Naples and being injured from a shell impact on Belvedere. Discusses Po River and the flat land fighting, then moving north, capturing German troops and the fight at Lake Garda. Talks about the support...

Scope and Contents The interview provides information and personal observations about Parkers experiences: time growing up; joining the National Ski Patrol; training at Camp Hale, Colo., skiing and the "D" series; Kiska Island; trip to Italy aboard USS the West Point; attack at Riva Ridge; campaigns at Mount Belvedere, Malandrone Pass, Monte Serra; having dental work done in an apple orchard; post war experiences in skiing; founding Vale, Colo. Ski Resort with Pete Seibert; being publisher of Skiing...

Scope and Contents The interview provides information and personal observations about Yank's experiences: joining the 10th Mountain Division with 3 letters of recommendation while a reservist at the University of California; skiing and rock climbing at Camp Hale; training in Italy concerning booby traps and removing mines; climbing on Mount Belvedere; assault and attack on Hill 913 and being in a foxhole; German surrenders during advancement on the Po River; Mussolini's villa on Lake Garda and time spent there...

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The interview provides information and personal observations about Yank's experiences: crossing Lake Garda on a DUKW and staying Mussolini's villa; close call on Hill 913 and how received the Bronze Star medal; being a ski and rock climbing instructor at Camp Hale, Colo.

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The collection contains biographical information (1944); clippings (1979); correspondence (1975-1977); and a copy of a speech Duff gave the Austin Lions Club (1944).

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Collection contains 26 loose photographs of the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale, Colo. and in Italy. Camp Hale photographs include men on maneuvers and Company I barracks. Italian photographs include soldiers with children.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE Letters written by Wolfe to his future wife, Eleanor Brown, during and immediately following World War II comprise the bulk of the collection. Also included are limited military records. Photographs documenting Wolfe's participation in the 10th Mountain Division's Italian Campaign, complete the collection. SERIES 1 PAPERS 1942-1946 BOX 1 The bulk of the series consists of Wolfe's World War II correspondence with his future wife, Eleanor...

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The collection correspondence (ca. 1992) as well as copies of memoirs generated by Baumgartner about his experiences as a soldier: "Memories: Attu" (1987); " Memories: Kiska" (1987); "Memories of the 10th Mountain Division, 1943-1968" (n.d.); "Silvana: A War Story" ( n.d.); "Memories of Tarcenta" (1990); "War Travel Mileage" (n.d.); and "They Called Him Scoty" (n.d.).

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The collection contains a scrapbook of clippings of the 10th Mountain Division in Europe (1945); copies of Stars and Stripes.

SCOPE AND CONTENT The collection spans 1935 to 1996. Wilson's military records and his correspondence comprise the bulk of the collection, which also includes limited memorabilia and photographs. SERIES 1 ROSS J. WILSON PAPERS 1935-1996 BOX 1 Wilson's military papers include personnel files, correspondence, memos and orders documenting his World War II and Army Reserve assignments. Materials from both pre and post war advanced officer training courses are...

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The interview provides information and personal observations about Perkins' experiences: basic training at Camp Roberts, Calif.; time spent at Kiska Island, Alaska; working in the supply room issuing clothing, food, rifles, bedding, etc.; carrying supplies in a trailer in Italy and crossing the Po River; devastation in Italy during the war.

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Collection contains a scrapbook with newspaper clippings and magazine articles on the 10th Mountain Division, Camp Hale booklets, field orientation guide, photographs (many identified).

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Includes 10th Mountain Division War Memorial (booklet, 1959, with annotations, notes), 10th Infantry Division, [ca. 1944] (booklet, with annotations), Attack (booklet, Company 85-G attack on Hill 909 and Hill 762), Silk table cloth, with eagle design, lettered "Camp Hale, Colorado," and photograph album (52 pages of photographs, Camp Hale, Colorado; Camp Swift, Texas; Italy, various reunions). Also includes memorabilia, rosters, newspaper clippings (1943-2002).

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Collection contains photographs of Camp Hale; ephemera: bulletins, pay records, immunization card, pamphlets (1940s); clippings (1940s); military map of the U.S.; publications: American Ski Annual, Remount Blue, The Aleutians Front Graphics, General Marshall's Victory Report; reunion materials (1984-1996); obituary.

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The interview provides information and personal observations about Morrison's experiences: training and learning to ski at Camp Hale, Colo.; how engineering skills were useful during the war and being assigned to weapons and demolition; being wounded in Italy on Punchbowl Hill; traveling back to the Virginia on a medical ship; being a charter member of the National Association of the 10th Mountain Division.

Scope and Contents The collection includes: family correspondence (1943), personal correspondence (1956-2005), National Association of the 10th Mountain Division correspondence (2000-2007), 6 video tapes covering the various 10th Mountain Division reunions (1997-2000), International Federation of Mountain Soldiers Congress papers (2005), as well as ephemera, news clippings and photographs, copy of the "Prayer Book for Jews in the Armed Forces of the United States" by the National Jewish Welfard Board...

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The collection contains a scrapbook with pamphlets, clippings, military papers, photographs (ca.1943-1945).

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The collection contains a biography of Froelicher: "Profile of a Trooper" (2002) by F. Charles Froelicher; a proposal for a memorial (2002); booklet: "The Dedication of the Sangree Mitchell Froelicher Hut" (2003), dedication program, correspondence.

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The interview provides information and personal observations about Cohen's experiences: being part of a veterinary detachment; guard duty where sheep were mistaken for German soldiers; having little experiences with weapons; care of mules in Italy; comparison of current Army with the Infantry of 1945 as concerns technology and training.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The collection spans 1914 to 2001. Smith's photographs and photograph albums comprise the bulk of the collection. Photographs, memoirs, newspaper clippings and VHS cassettes document the invasion of Kiska Island in 1943 and the 50th anniversary return to Kiska by a small group of 10th Mountain Division veterans in 1993. Smith's 1985 repatriation of a Japanese battle flag to Japanese Kiska veteran, Karl Kaoru Kasukabe is also well documented through photographs, articles and video clips from...

SCOPE AND CONTENT Personal papers and photographs related to Peterman's World War II service with the 10th Mountain Division and his later activities with the National Association of the 10th Mountain Division comprise the bulk of the collection. SERIES 1 PERSONAL PAPERS 1943-2005 BOX 1 Peterman's military papers contain orders, memos and correspondence along with an outline of his military service. Also included are brief autobiographical sketches or...

Scope and Contents The interview was conducted with Jean Cummings in September 2000 as part of a documentary on people active in WWII. Jean A. (Bruce) Cummings was born in Summit, N.J. in 1918. She was a graduate of Brown University (1940), Northwestern University (M.S. 1942). She joined her husband, Stan Cummings at Camp Hale, Colo. in 1943 where she worked as a histopathologist. Jean Cummings provides information and personal observations about both her and her husband's experiences: how they met; activities...

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The interview provides information and personal observations about Heidenreich's experiences: crossing the Po River to Lake Garda; getting German soldiers out of a tunnel; interdependence the military had; staying in a Italian hotel that had formerly been used as a German medical station; trip to Venice at the end of the war.

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The collection consists mainly of photographs taken by Leszko, but also includes slides, diary pages, separation papers, and newsletters. The photographs have been kept in the original subject groupings arranged by Leszko.

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Collection contains biographical information, obituary (2013), photographs and slides (1943-2000), newsletters, reunion rosters, correspondence, clippings, ephemera.