Papers, 1944-1945 [manuscript].

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Papers, 1944-1945 [manuscript].

Includes training certificate (Camp Roberts, California,) midget diary, This Damn Tree Leaks by Bill Mauldin (published work with extensive hand-written notes), loose photographs, newspaper clippings, scrapbook (containing copies of photographs, newspaper clippings, discharge papers, extensive text), V-mail, various military forms and a photograph album (contains picture post card views of Italy).

.25 linear ft. (1 box), 1 photo box.

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United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th

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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...

Durkin, Lousia St. John,

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St. John, Lewis 1918-1991.

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Born on November 14, 1918 at Craig, Colorado. Prior to his enlistment in the Army on September 18, 1943, completed grammar school and married Louisa Jo Williams. Served at Camp Hale, Colorado; Camp Swift, Texas and in Italy. Assigned to the 3rd Battalion Headquarters Company, 85th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division. Twice awarded the Bronze Star Medal. From the description of Papers, 1944-1945 [manuscript]. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 171292426 ...