Terris Moore papers, 1942-1943 [manuscript].

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Terris Moore papers, 1942-1943 [manuscript].

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The items in the collection include Moore's Alaska diary (1942); military papers, memos, notes pertaining to the creation of various items used by soldiers in mountain warfare (1942-1943); transcript of Lowell Thomas radio broadcast (1942).

.25 linear ft. (1 box)

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7132030

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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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...

Moore, Terris

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Terris Moore was born in Haddonfield, N.J. in 1908 and received a B.A. (1929), an M.B.A. (1933), and a Doctorate (1937). In the 1930's he was one of the most renowned mountain climbers in the U.S. During World War II, Moore served as an expert consultant to the Army Quartermaster General from 1942 to 1944. In this capacity, he helped to create many of the items that were subsequently used by the Army in mountain and winter warfare. Moore died in 1993. From the description of Terris M...