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Wiebel, Robert A., 1923-. Robert A. Wiebel oral history, 2007 [videorecording].

Title: Robert A. Wiebel oral history, 2007 [videorecording].

The interview provides information and personal observations about Wiebel's experiences: joining the 10th Mountain Division after meeting with Minnie Dole; arrival and training at Camp Hale, Colo. in March 1943; being quarantined with other soldiers with mumps and measles; being removed from active duty and transferred to Special Services because of an existing shoulder injury; role with Special Services, being a singer, organizing entertainment, "Hale and Hearty" production and performances; touring in Northern Colo. to help sell war bonds; being transferred to Medical Division at Ft. Lewis, Wash.; assignment to a hospital in the Philippines; end of war and leaving for the states.

ArchivalResource: 1 videodisc (40 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 videocassette (40 min. : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.) +1 envelope

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/779856476 View

Haffner, Harris L., 1925-. Harris L. Haffner oral history, 2007 [videorecording].

Title: Harris L. Haffner oral history, 2007 [videorecording].

The interview provides information and personal observations about Haffner's time as a member of Company B, 604th Mountain Artillery and his service in Italy: role of an artillery battalion, gun sections, hiding guns and creating gun pits, foxholes, ammunition pits; crossing Lake Garda on a DUKW; end of the war; relocation to Yugoslavian border to reinforce British troops. He describes April 14, 1945 when his battalion and the 85th Infantry Regiment were under fire, as one of the worst times he had experienced during the war when fellow soldiers were killed.

ArchivalResource: 1 videodisc (13 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 videocassette (13 min. : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.) +1 envelope

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/777854180 View

Yett, Bernard H., 1922-. Bernard H. Yett oral history, 2007 [videorecording].

Title: Bernard H. Yett oral history, 2007 [videorecording].

The interview provides information and personal observations about Yett's experiences: skied before joining the 10th Mountain Division as a member of the National Ski Patrol; joining the 10th Mountain Reconnaissance Troop and Mountain Training Group before the 10th Mountain Division was formed; basic training at Camp Roberts, Calif. and contracting spinal meningitis; recovery and assignment to Camp Hale, Colo.; teaching rock climbing and other skills; being sent to Camp McCoy, Wis. to teach mountaineering skills; return to Camp Hale and being an observer during the "D" Series; change in training focus at Camp Swift, Tex. from mountain troops to flat land experiences; transferring to Naples, Italy in January 1945 and travel to Pisa on a landing craft vehicle; short time in combat, being wounded and evacuated to a hospital in Leghorn; rejoining "D" company at the end of the war.

ArchivalResource: 1 videodisc (43 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 videocassette (43 min. : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.) +1 envelope

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/780445117 View

Lewis, Claude J., 1922-. Claude Lewis oral history, 2007 [videorecording].

Title: Claude Lewis oral history, 2007 [videorecording].

The interview provides information and personal observations about Lewis' experiences: being in the Army for four years prior to joining the 10th Mountain Division; impressions of Camp Swift, Tex.; being shipped to Italy and landing at Leghorn in December 1944; time in Pisa, and as an artillery observer at Belvedere and Riva Ridge; being first scout on the April 14 offensive; time with an Italian family and how they helped each other; friends he made during the war.

ArchivalResource: 1 videodisc (55 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 videocassette (55 min. : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.) +1 envelope

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/778366293 View

Little, Edward J., Jr. 1924-. Edward J. "Ted" Little oral history, 2007 [videorecording].

Title: Edward J. "Ted" Little oral history, 2007 [videorecording].

The interview provides information and personal observations about Little's experiences: personal interest in the 10th Mountain Division while in high school, being drafted and applying for the division, letters of recommendation; personal experiences at Camp Hale and Camp Swift; conditions on the USS West Point; nights spent digging fox holes while being shelled by German 88mm artillery at Belvedere; patrols and final experiences at Mount della Spe.

ArchivalResource: 1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 videocassette (60 min. : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.) +1 envelope

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/778367341 View