Robert T. Thompson papers, 1943-1999 [manuscript].

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Robert T. Thompson papers, 1943-1999 [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/261226718

The collection contains copies of family correspondence (1943-1945); copy of Thompson's memoirs concerning the Riva Ridge attack (ca.1999).

.25 linear ft. (1 box)

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7155444

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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Thompson, Robert H., 1923-

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Robert P. Thompson was born in Pennsylvania in 1923 and enlisted in the Army at Fort Meade, Pa. in 1943. At the time of enlistment he was unmarried, and attending Penn State University. Thompson joined the 10th Mountain Division where he was assigned to Company B of the 86th Infantry Regiment. He served at Camp Hale, Colo., and Camp Swift, Tex. before being sent to Italy. Thompson was awarded the Silver Star Medal for heroism near Pizzo di Campiano in February 1945. From the descript...

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...

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