Oral History [sound recording].

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Oral History [sound recording].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/162131954

Discusses how he became a skier at an early age, becoming a teacher at age 16. He volunteered for the army at age 18 in January of 1943 and was sent to Camp Hale. At Hale he became a ski instructor and a rock-climbing instructor. Later he served in West Virginia where he taught rock climbing and survival. He transferred to Camp Swift on July 4, 1944. From there he went to Naples and eventually to Pisa. He served as a stretcher-bearer during the fighting, often transporting stretchers over varying terrain. His company suffered only 4 wounded and no one was killed. He eventually crossed the Po River and was the only person in his boat that knew how to paddle. He talks about the capture of a prominent fascist and about the looting of the villa, as well as how enemy soldiers fired upon medics even though they were supposed to be treated as neutrals.

1 sound cassette: analog, mono ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. + 1 tape index sheet.

Denver Public Library, Central Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6905837

Denver Public Library, Central Library

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kf2psx (corporateBody)

Contiguglia, Georgianna

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tj6c5v (person)

Morrell, Nathan E.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62g5dgd (person)

Born in New Hampshire. Learned skiing at an early age, became a ski instructor and transferred to the 10th Mountain Division during the war. Served in: Company A, a Medic Unit of the 10th Mountain Division; the Mountain Training Group of the 10th; a Reconnaissance Group; the Headquarters of the 86th Regiment, and in the 86th Regiment, Company C. Received: the Bronze Star at Castel D'Aiano on April 14, 1945 and a Battlefield Commission as a 2nd Lieutenant. Wounded in action on April 14, 1945. ...

United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rf9s76 (corporateBody)

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...