Dwight Williams papers, ca. 1940's.

Gould-Lyle, Georgia,

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Williams, Dwight, 1924-1945.

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Dwight Carlton Williams was born in Minneapolis, Minn. in 1924. He attended Edina Grade School, Blake High School and Harvard College. Williams joined the 10th Mountain Division in 1943 at Camp Hale, Colo. He was assigned to the 86th Infantry Regiment, Company B. Williams was killed in action near Nago, Italy on April 30, 1945 and is buried in the American Cemetary in Florence, Italy. From the description of Dwight Williams papers, ca. 1940's. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record...

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...

United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 86th

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