H. Newcomb Eldredge oral history [sound recording].

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H. Newcomb Eldredge oral history [sound recording].

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Abbie Kealy interviews H. Newcomb Eldredge about his service with the 10th Mountain Division. The DVD contains material from three original tapes created during the 10th Mountain Division's Austin Reunion, August 2004.

1 videodisc : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.+ 1 transcript.

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6928378

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th

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Kealy, Abbie,

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Eldredge, H. Newcomb,

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Born August 4, 1924 in Baltimore Maryland. Enlisted in the Army November 12, 1943. Joined the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale, Colorado and was assigned to Company L of the 85th Infantry Regiment. Served at Camp Swift, Texas and in Italy. During combat in Italy, he was wounded and was awarded two Bronze Star medals. Left the Army on March 14, 1946 but returned to duty during the Korean War. Commissioned a Second Lieutenant and served with the intelligence branch. Nickname "Newc." ...

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...