William E. Osgood papers, 1985-2007.

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William E. Osgood papers, 1985-2007.

The collections contains copies of Osgood's vita (1985); his memoir: "A Single Egg" (2001); photographs of Italy (2007); ephemera (n.d.).

1 envelope.

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Osgood, William E., 1926-

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William E. Osgood was born in N.H. in 1926. He had completed four years of high school and was working as a professional driver when he was inducted into the Army in 1944 at Ft. Devens, Mass. Osgood volunteered for the ski troops through the National Ski Patrol System. He was stationed at Camp Swift, Tex. and in Italy where he was assigned to the 87th Infantry Regiment, Company C. Following the war, Osgood received a M.S. in Library Science. He has worked with arctic explorer Wihjalmur Stefanson...

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. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.

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