Stephen W. Grainer papers, ca.1943-1945 [manuscript].

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Stephen W. Grainer papers, ca.1943-1945 [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/276307537

The collection contains Grainer scrapbook with documentation on the Italian campaign and the 10th Mountain Division's return to the United States at the conclusion of the war.

1 oversize box

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7244912

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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

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Grainer, Stephen W., 1924-1996.

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