Gordon Stimson papers, 1969-1999.

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Gordon Stimson papers, 1969-1999.

The collection contains the following biographical materials: articles, clippings related to Stimson's career as a mortgage banker (1969-1970); "Operation Mule" by Gordon Stimson (n.d.); "Gordon Stimson: Autobiographical Notes and Letters" (1999); 68 color slides depicting Kiska, Adak, Attu and Dutch Habor in the Aleutian Island with numerous soldiers of the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment identified (n.d.).

1 envelope.

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Stimson, Gordon, 1905-1982.

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Gordon Stimson was born in Los Angeles, Cal. in 1905. He completed four years of college and was working as an officer manager when he enlisted in the Army in March 1942 at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, Calif. Stimson received an officer's commission following training at Fort Benning, Ga. He joined the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale, Colo. and served with the 86th Infantry Regiment. During combat operation in Italy, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal. Following the war, Stimson worked as a ...

United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 86th

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Smith, Sherman U.

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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...

Hölz, Thomas

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