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James Gilronan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD389
Content Description Collection includes original documents from Gilronan’s time in the United States Army, as well as photocopies of original documents, correspondence, photographs, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, newsletters, event rosters, and event booklets. Items from 10th Mountain Division reunion events feature prominently in the collection. The original order of the contents in three scrapbooks and an envelope has been preserved in file folders 5, 7, 8, and 9. There are eight VHS videotapes and a...
Dates: 1943-2009

James Harry Penrose Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD170
Scope and Contents

The collection contains a scrapbook of articles, clippings about the Italian and Kiska Island campaigns. There is also original correspondence, memoir, officer's notebook, cartoons and photographs of Kiska Island, Alaska and Camp Hale, Colo. (1943-1945).

Dates: 1943-1945; Majority of material found in 1943-1945

James I. Winterbottom Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2048
Scope and Contents

The collection contains correspondence, letters of recommendation (n.d.); newspaper clippings regarding Silver Star (1945); military papers and honorable discharge (1945); postwar memoirs (n.d.) and biographical sketch.

Dates: 1945, 2008, 2013

James R. Rogers Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD223
Scope and Contents

The collection contains a copy of Roger's military records (1944); memoirs and poem (ca. 2003); 2 CD-ROMs containing digital images of the Italian Reunion (2006); photographic prints of unspecific reunion activities (n.d.).

Dates: 1944-2009

James Vincent Keck oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH380
Scope and Contents The interview provides information and personal observations about Keck's experiences: basic training at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. and being a member of the rifle group; training with the Army Air Corp but unable to find a permanent assignment; joining the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale, Colo. just before the Division moved to Camp Swift, Tex.; travel to Italy aboard the West Point and landing in Naples; time in Italy at Riva Ridge, Mt. Belvedere; time in a German trench on top of Belvedere...
Dates: Check date

James W. Bormann Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD294
Scope and Contents

Collection contains 13 color and b/w photographs of members of Company L, 87th Infantry Regiment (1943).

Dates: 1943

Jeddie P. Brooks Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD186
Scope and Contents

The collection contains a scrapbook with clippings and other memorabilia (ca.1943-1945).

Dates: circa 1943-1945

Jesse Eugene Baker Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD10
Scope and Contents

Collection contains National Association of the 10th Mountain Division materials: correspondence, reunion information, scholarship subcommittee notes, minutes, notes, chapter information, personal papers of other 10th Mountain members, brochures.

Dates: 1980-1999

John A. and C. Grove McCown Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD359
Scope and Contents Includes three manuscripts written by Susan McCown about John and Conrad Grove McCown and their service in the 10th Mountain Division; correspondence from Bob Bates (American Alpine Club) to Andrew McCown (1946); Conrad's discharge papers (1944-1946); photographs of the McCown brothers and family; Ridgway Foust and Charles Webb biographical sketches by Susan McCown; newspaper clipping and photo of Charles Webb and photograph of Foust, John McCown and Norm Wight; William F. Whitehead...
Dates: 1938-2009

John A. Hendron oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH400
Scope and Contents The interview provides information and personal observations about Hendron's experiences: being an avid skier at Camp McCoy and deciding to join the ski troops; capabilities as a skier at Camp Hale; landing and experiences at Kiska Island, Alaska; "Collette Long Knives" named after Lt. Collette; unreported positions led to mass killings due to friendly fire; death of Lt. Funk; weather and environment on Kiska Island; writing a newspaper for the Ski Troops; making a delivery behind enemy...
Dates: Check date

John A. Hill oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH284
Scope and Contents

The interview provides information and personal observations about Hill's experiences about being drafted at 18 and basic training in a machine gun unit in Calif.; being assigned to the 10th Mountain Division and his first impressions of Camp Hale; unable to complete "D" series due to frostbite; being assigned as needed to different regiments, but fought with the 86th Infantry Regiment in Italy; impressions of being in the service.

Dates: Check date

John A. Youmans, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2201
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of a letter written to his mother while Youmans was in Italy.

Dates: May 12, 1945

John and Walter Kasabuski Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M1869
Scope and Contents

Includes photocopies of news articles, and clippings, photocopies of photographs and letters about John and Walter Kasabuski.

Dates: Circa 1940s

John B. Woodard oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH356
Scope and Contents

The interview provides information and personal observations about Woodward's experiences: ski training at Mt. Rainier and his role as head of the ski school; experimentation with ski equipment and techniques; how skiing techniques were used at Camp Hale, Colo.; ski instruction films made by Otto Lang; experiences in Italy with an abandoned German tank; racing for the University of Washington after the war.

Dates: Check date

John B. Woodward oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH307
Scope and Contents The interview provides information and personal observations about Williams' experiences: training with the 41st Division at Mt. Rainer; manufacture and design of ski clothing and equipment; volunteering for the 10th Mountain Division being formed at Camp Hale, Colo.; early types of skis used and how skiers were rated at Camp Hale; during Italian campaigns, none of the American ski equipment was sent over, so soldiers used Italian equipment; being in the ski equipment business after the...
Dates: Check date

JOHN B. WOODWARD PAPERS

 Collection
Identifier: TMD83
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The collection spans 1940 to 1995 with the bulk of the material from 1941 to 1945. Photographic prints and 35mm slides comprise the bulk of the collection. Limited military and personal papers are also included. Loose scrapbook pages and artwork for the 87th Infantry Regiment's regimental pin complete the collection. SERIES 1 PERSONAL PAPERS 1940-1995 BOX 1 The series includes orders, memos and correspondence from various military units to...
Dates: 1940-1995

John Benson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD16
Scope and Contents

Collection contains correspondence, prayer book, ephemera (1943-1945).

Dates: 1943-1945

John Best Wolffis Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD304
Scope and Contents

The collection contains family correspondence (n.d., 1980s, 1990s); copies of maps (1945); copies of photographs (1943-1945); 10th Mountain Division related ephemera (n.d.).

Dates: 1943-1944

JOHN D. MAGRATH PAPERS

 Collection
Identifier: TMD65
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The collection documents Magrath's Medal of Honor award and the monuments erected in his honor. Materials span 1943 to 2000 and include newspaper clippings, citations, orders, memorial service programs and manuscript drafts. Limited correspondence completes the collection.

Dates: 1943-2000

John Dexter McKenzie Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD271
Scope and Contents

Collection contains copy prints of original photographs taken between 1943-1944 and organized into three sections: training at Camp Carson; march from Carson to Camp Hale; and training at Camp Hale; followed by related ephemera. The photographs are well organized and identified.

Dates: 1943-1944

John E. Fitzgerald Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2102
Scope and Contents

Collection contains copies of Fitzgerald's memoir: Memoirs of a Ski-Trooper, 1942-1945 (1995), as well as a copy of: Italian Journal - 1982 (1982) by Jean Fitzgerald.

Dates: 1982, 1995

JOHN F. CARROLL PAPERS

 Collection
Identifier: TMD14
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE Materials in this collection span 1964-1995 and describe activities of the National Association of the 10th Mountain Division and those of the Association's Rocky Mountain Chapter. Included are meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, membership rosters and similar administrative records. Correspondence regarding various Rocky Mountain Chapter activities comprises the bulk of the collection. National reunion planning documents and correspondence also form a portion of the...
Dates: 1943-1995

John F. Schmelzer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2186
Scope and Contents

Collection contains biographical information (1945), citation (1947), correspondence and commendation (1945, 1943), military reports and correspondence (1943-1945, 1999), photographs of Camp Hale, Colo. and Kiska Island (1943), portraits (1947, 2002).

Dates: 1943-2002; Majority of material found within 1943-1947

John H. Caster oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH436
Scope and Contents

Collection contains two interviews recorded on two audiocassettes: 1. Provides information and personal observations about Caster's experiences with the 10th Mountain Division during World War II (January 11, 1993) -- 2. Contains comments about the Vail Ski Trooper statue project (May 23, 1995).

Dates: January 11, 1993; May 23, 1995

John H. Pierpont oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH233
Scope and Contents

Discusses Pierpont at Camp Hale in December of 1942. Recalls drills and practices in 20 degrees below zero weather. Went to Kiska in July of 1943. Served in Italy taking part in the assault on Mt. Belvedere. Talks about men being killed by minefields and grenades that Germans lobbed when they were pretending to surrender. Recalls partisans who killed Germans at night and his furlough in Rome. Concludes with post war information about the 10th Mountain Division Association.

Dates: Check date

JOHN J. TOMMANEY PAPERS

 Collection
Identifier: TMD77
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The collection spans 1943 to 1997 and includes a scrapbook, photo album, correspondence and limited memorabilia that document Tommaney's World War II service with the 10th Mountain Division and his post war activities as a member of the National Association of the 10th Mountain Division. SERIES 1 WORLD WAR II 1943-1945 BOX 1 The series contains a scrapbook originally created by John Tommaney's mother, Mrs. Thomas Tommaney. The scrapbook's...
Dates: 1943-1997

John L. "Jack" Handy Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD336
Scope and Contents

Collection contains scrapbook (1942-1943), article (1948), clippings (1991-1996), typescripts: "Ski Troops in the Mud" by H. Bradley B. Benedict (1995), memoirs: "The Heroic Fratricides" and "How I Qualified for the Ski Troops" by Jack L. Handy (n.d.), correspondence (n.d.), photographs and photographic post cards (1943, 1980).

Dates: 1942-1996

John M. Smith Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD266
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a photo album with postcards of Italy (ca.1945); discharge papers and a copy of Bill Mauldin's book: The Damn Tree with signatures of men from Company C of the 85th Infantry Regiment.

Dates: circa 1945

John P. Litchfield oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH396
Scope and Contents

The interview provides information and personal observations about Litchfield's experiences: as a member of the ski team and 1939 graduating class at Dartmouth College; working at Sun Valley before WW2; basic training at Camp Roberts, Calif.; training at Camp Hale, Colo. and the "D" series; relationship between enlisted men and officers; troop make-up in Italy; experiences with the development of the ski industry in Aspen after the war.

Dates: Check date

John P. Litchfield oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH370
Scope and Contents The interview provides information and personal observations about Litchfield's experiences: (DVD1) background prior to joining the 10th Mountain Division; officer's training at Fort Benning; reasons for joining the 10th Mountain Division; beginning of Camp Hale; types of men at Camp Hale; uniqueness of Camp Hale and how training made the soldiers stronger; moratorium on publicity when the division arrived in Italy; move from Company Commander to liaison officer; role of liaison officer;...
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