Papers, 1940-1945.

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Papers, 1940-1945.

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Includes pins, patches, soldiers individual pay records, Italian currency, 78th Division guide for new soldiers, Blizzard: get well card, newspaper clippings, discharge papers, property receipt for captured trophy weapons, note to "Mom" hand written on envelope, and three photographs.

1 envelope.

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6864840

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th

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Shields, J. Franklin, 1868-1947

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Shields, Edward J. 1924-

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Served with the 10th Mountain Division, first with the 85th Regiment, Company B and later in the Division Headquarters Company. Stationed at Camp Hale, Colorado; Camp Swift, Texas; and Camp Carson, Colorado. Engaged in combat against German army forces occupying Italy from January to May 1945. Received a Bronze Star medal for the Apennines and Po River battles. From the description of Papers, 1940-1945. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 155249088 ...

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...