Thomas R. Brooks papers, 1991-1997.

United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th.

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United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 90th.

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Brooks, Thomas R. 1925-

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Thomas R. Brooks was born in Mass. in 1925 and joined the Army at Ft. Devens, Mass. in 1943. At the time of enlistment, he had three years of high school and unmarried. He joined the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale, Colo., and subsequently went to Camp Swift, Tex. and then Italy. He served in Company L of the 90th Infantry Regiment, also Company G of the 85th Regiment. During his combat service in Italy, Brooks received a Bronze Star medal for his actions at Marzola Hill 762. Brooks attained...

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...