Denis P. Nunan was born in Morris Town, N.J. in 1910 and graduated from Summit High School, Summit, N.J. During the 1920s and 1930s he worked as a page on the New York Stock Exchange and for International Business Machines Corp. (IBM). In January 1942, Nunan joined the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment and was stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash., Camp Hale, Colo., Camp Carson, Colo. and at Camp Swift, Tex. He participated in the invasion and recapture of Kiska Island, Alaska in 1943 before being deployed to Italy in 1945. Nunan attained the rank of First Sergeant of Company C, 87th Infantry Regiment. He died in 2001.
From the description of Denis P.Nunan papers, 1942-2001 [manuscript]. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 71427073
