Fritz L. Kramer papers, 1943-2008.

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Fritz L. Kramer papers, 1943-2008.

The collection contains manuscript materials generated by Kramer entitled: "Report from the Rockies" (ca.1943); clippings and correspondence (1990, 1996-2003); photographs (1944, n.d.); address book (n.d.); rosters (1990-1991, 2002); brochures and memorabilia (1986-2008); manuscript: "When Aspen was Conceived" by Fritz Schmidt (1996); report: "Environmental Handbook for the Camp Hale and Pikes Peak Areas, Colorado" (1958); copy: "History of the 10th Mountain Division 1944-1945" (n.d.); list of television specials (2001).

.5 linear ft. (1 box)

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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...

Kramer, Fritz L.

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Fritz Kramer was born in Vienna, Austria in 1918. Following Hitler's annexation of Austria, he emigrated to the U.S. in 1939. Kramer enlisted in the Army in 1942 and joined the 87th Infantry Regiment at Ft. Lewis, Wash. In July 1943 he went with the 10th RECON to Seneca Rocks near Elkins, W. Va. He was later stationed at Camp Hale, Colo., and Camp Swift, Tex. He went with the 10th Mountain Division to Italy in January 1945. After the war, Kramer earned a Ph. D. in Geography and taught in the U.S...

United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 87th

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National Association of the 10th Mountain Division, Inc.

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The National Association of the 10th Mountain Division was founded after the World War II by a handful of combat veterans determined to form an alumni organization that would carry on the traditions of the 10th Mountain Division as one of the most unique combat forces in American military history. Its purposes include fostering friendships among all soldiers of the 10th, and encouraging mountain and winter warfare training within the armed forces of the United States. As of 2007, The National As...

Kramer, Gretl,

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