Samuel J. Morrison papers, 1943-2007 [manuscript].

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Samuel J. Morrison papers, 1943-2007 [manuscript].

The collection includes: family correspondence (1943), personal correspondence (1956-2005), National Association of the 10th Mountain Division correspondence (2000-2007), 6 video tapes covering the various 10th Mountain Division reunions (1997-2000), International Federation of Mountain Soldiers Congress papers (2005), as well as ephemera, news clippings and photographs, copy of the "Prayer Book for Jews in the Armed Forces of the United States" by the National Jewish Welfard Board (ca.1943).

1.5 linear ft. (2 boxes), 1 oversize file folder, 1 audio-visual box

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Born Englewood, New Jersey, September 3, 1923. Served with the 87th Infantry, 10th Mountain Division from February 8, 1943 to August 28, 1945. Stationed at Camp Hale, Camp Swift, and Italy. Awarded the Bronze Star. Changed name from Meiselman to Morrison during the 1950s. From the description of Oral history [sound recording]. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 76795052 Samuel J. Morrison was born September 3, 1923 in Englewood, N.J. as Samuel Meiselman. He enliste...

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Morrison, Samuel F.

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Born Englewood, New Jersey, September 3, 1923. Served with the 87th Infantry, 10th Mountain Division from February 8, 1943 to August 28, 1945. Stationed at Camp Hale, Camp Swift, and Italy. Awarded the Bronze Star. Changed name from Meiselman to Morrison during the 1950s. From the description of Oral history [sound recording]. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 76795052 Samuel J. Morrison was born September 3, 1923 in Englewood, N.J. as Samuel Meiselman. He enliste...

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