Kenyon K. Cooke papers, 1945, 1994 [manuscript].

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Kenyon K. Cooke papers, 1945, 1994 [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/238645134

The collection includes correspondence (1994) and a copy of Cooke's memoirs: "Memories of C Company 85 Mtn. Inf. in Action" edited by John Imbrie (ca. 1945).

1 linear ft. (1 box)

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7122100

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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

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United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 86th

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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...

Cooke, Audrey M.,

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Cooke, Kenyon K., 1942-1996.

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Kenyon Cooke was born in Calif. in 1924 and enlisted in the Army in San Francisco, Calif. in 1943. He had completed four years of high school and was single at the time of his enlistment. Cooke joined the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale, Colo. and served in Company D of the 86th Infantry Regiment, Headquarters of the 3rd Battalion of the 86th and with Company C of the 85th Infantry Regiment. He also served at Camp Swift, Tex. and in Italy attaining the rank of Staff Sergeant. Cooke died in 1...