Edward P. Kysar papers, 1942-1945.

Kysar, Edward P., 1924-2007.

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Eward P. Kysar, Jr. was born in Calif. in 1924 and joined the Army at Los Angeles in 1942. At the time of enlistment he was unmarried, had completed four years of high school and was employed as a miner. Kysar joined the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale, Colo. where he was assigned to Company L of the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment. He participated in the landings and occupation of Kiska Island, Alaska in 1943. Kysar transferred to the another division and participated in the Pacific Theatre...

United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 87th

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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...

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...

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