Ski troops -- History -- Interviews.
Found in 168 Collections and/or Records:
Harvey A. Wieprecht oral history
Hassell G. Vass oral history
Henry C. Klingman oral history
The interview provides information and personal observations about Klingman's experiences: traveling, food service, and accommodations; being wounded in Italy, hospital stay; meeting German prisoners at the end of the war.
Herbert Schneider oral history
The interview provides information and personal observations about Schneider's experiences: trip to Italy from Newport News, Va.; belief that the Division helped bring the war to an end more quickly; after the war ended, his return to his place of birth in Austria.
Howard Harvey oral history
Hugh W. Evans oral history
Recorded during a tour of former battle sites near Mount Gorgolesco, the interview provides information and personal observations about Evans' experiences: remains of fox holes, and combat operations that lead to his receiving the Silver Star medal; different locations where conflict took place; trail that extends from Mt. Gorgolesco to della Torraccia; German soldiers surrendering.
Hunter L. Slugg oral history
Jack C. Culbreath oral history
Jack Van Brunt oral history
The interview provides information and personal observations about Jack Van Brunt's experiences training at Camp Hale, Colo. and Fort Carson, Colo. when he was assigned to the Mountain and Cold Weather Training Center
James A. Goodwin oral history
James N. Bray oral history
The interview provides information and personal observations about Bray's experiences with the 10th Mountain Division.
James Richard Rogers oral history
The interview provides information and personal observations about Rogers' experiences: being wounded at Mount della Torraccia and enemy fire; being transported to a medical station and conditions there; working for McDonald Douglas after the war.
James Vincent Keck oral history
John A. Hendron oral history
John A. Hill oral history
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.
John B. Woodard oral history
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.
John B. Woodward oral history
John H. Caster oral history
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).
John H. Weaver Jr. oral history
The interview provides information and personal observations about Weaver's experiences: time at Camp Hale, Colo. and Italy; Task Force Duff and the approach to the Po River.
John Imbrie oral history
John P. Litchfield oral history
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.
John P. Litchfield oral history
John W. Tripp oral history
Kenneth A. MacDonald oral history
Kenneth L. Stayton oral history
The interview provides information and personal observations about Stayton's experiences: being a Army reservist and being called into action at Mt. Belvedere; meeting a young German officer in a fox hole; walking from the mountains to the Po Valley; Italian nationals providing wine; mules arriving at Camp Swift, Tex.
LaVern O. Trepp oral history
The interview provides information and personal observations about his correspondence written during military service: early skiing experience, and experiences as a member of the 87th Mountain Division; post-war activities.
Leo J. Kohlman oral history
Leo P. Hanf oral history
The interview provides information and personal observations about Hanf's experiences during WWII and the 10th Mountain Division.