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William R. Brown oral history

Collection

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. Downey Papers

Collection

Identifier: TMD190

Scope and Contents

The collection contains Downey's military papers (1945); 9 loose photographs (1943-1945); and a photograph album containing 112 photos of Camp Hale, Colo., Aspen, Colo., Lake Garda, Italy and the Po River, Italy (1943-1945).

Dates: 1943-1945

Found in: Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy

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

Collection

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

William W. Milligan Papers

Collection

Identifier: TMD332

Scope and Contents

Collection contains wartime correspondence (1942-1946), clippings (1943-1944), photo album of Camp Hale, Colo. and Kiska Island, Alaska (1943), photographs (1996).

Dates: 1942-1996

Found in: Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy

Williams S. Daniels Papers

Collection

Identifier: M2094

Scope and Contents

Collection contains the pamphlet: Maps, songs and works of remembrance (1963); invitation, brochure, ID card, luggage tag, menu, tour bulletin, correspondence, group photograph, reunion banner (1963); pamphlet: Florence American cemetery and memorial (1960).

Dates: 1960, 1963

Found in: Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy

Wilson P. Ware Papers

Collection

Identifier: TMD138

Scope and Contents

The collection contains an assortment of pen-and-ink drawings (some with ink wash) of locations in Colo.: Aspen, Garden of the Gods, Leadville, Independence, Buena Vista, Salida, Mt. Sopris (1944); Ski-troop training (1944); military operations in Italy (1945); correspondence; ephemera; military papers. The artwork was originally part of a spiral bound artist's pad.

Dates: 1938-1974

Found in: Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy

WINTER, BURDELL S. "BUD"

Collection

Identifier: TMD79

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE Burdell S. Winter's correspondence to and from family members during World War II comprises the bulk of the collection. Limited correspondence related toother family members is also included. Biographical material includes newspaper clippings, press releases, military records, letters of recommendation and insurance forms related to his combat death during the 10th Mountain Division's Italian Campaign. Limited photographs document Winter's youthful athletic activities and his military...

Dates: 1924-2008

Found in: Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy

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William R. Brown oral history

William R. Downey Papers

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

William W. Milligan Papers

Williams S. Daniels Papers

Wilson P. Ware Papers

WINTER, BURDELL S. "BUD"

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