George Price Hays papers, 1917-1973 [manuscript].

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George Price Hays papers, 1917-1973 [manuscript].

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The collection includes a typed copy of General Hay's memoir (1917-1950); limited correspondence (1945-1973); personal papers (1945); Distinguished Service Medal citation and several biographical sketches prepared by the 10th Mountain Division Office of Public Relations; and a copy of Hay's scrapbook.

.25 linear ft. (1 box)

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6815521

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th

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The 10th Mountain Division, a full division of the United States Army, specializing in mountain and winter warfare, trained at Camp Hale, Colorado, during World War II. Experienced in skiing, mountaineering and cold-weather survival as well as military tactics, the soldiers fought enemy forces in the Italian Campaign of 1945. Dubbed the "ski troops" by the press, the 10th Mountain Division remains the only military division recruited by a civilian organization, the National Ski Patrol. Many 10th...

Hays, George P. (George Price), 1892-1978

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George Price Hays was born September 27, 1892 in Chee Foo, China to Presbyterian missionary parents. He attended El Reno High School, El Reno, Oklahoma and graduated from Oklahoma A and M College in 1917. During World War I, he was commissioned as a second Lieutenant with the 10th Field Artillery Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division. Hays rode horseback under heavy fire to maintain communications between artillery and infantry units. For this action at the Second Battle of the Marne, he received the...