616th Field Artillery Battalion records, 1940-1945 [manuscript].

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616th Field Artillery Battalion records, 1940-1945 [manuscript].

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Collection contains copied materials assembled into 11 binders by Charles Webb: Headquarters and Service Battery Scrapbook (1943-1945); Battery A Scrapbook (1943-1945); Battery B Scrapbook (1943-1945); Battery C Scrapbook (1943-1945); AT-2 Field Atillery School Instruction Manual (1943); FM 6-110, Field Artillery Field Manual, Pack Artillery (1940); 616th Field Artillery Battalion (Pack) Unit History 15 June 1943 - 30 September 1945; 616th Field Artillery Battalion (Pack) Unit Journal 24 Dec 1944 - 6 Oct 1945; 616th Field Artillery (Pack) Book 1 Unit Reports 29 Jan 1945 - 16 Mar 1945; 616th Field Battalion (Pack) Book 1 Unit Reports 16 Mar 1945 - 04 may 1945; The Mountain Artillery: the Mountain Howitzer (1943).

2 linear ft. (2 boxes)

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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Denver Public Library, Central Library

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Webb, Charles W.

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United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 87th

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United States. Army. Field Artillery Battalion (Pack), 616th

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The 616th Field Artillery Battalion (Pack) was activated on July 15, 1943 at Camp Hale, Colo. as part of the new 10th Light Division (Alpine). The Battalion tained at Camp Hale, Colo. and Camp Swift, Tex. In January 1945, along with the Division's other artillery units, the 616th deployed to Italy, whre it primarily supported the 87th Infantry Regiment in combat operations. Although primarily trained on the 75mm Howitzer, once in Italy the Battalion also fought with the 105mm Howitzers. After th...

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...