James B. Fetzer papers, ca.1943-1945 [manuscript].

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James B. Fetzer papers, ca.1943-1945 [manuscript].

The collection contains Fetzer's scrapbook with clippings, many from the Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News on the 5th Army and the 10th Mountain Division, Italian Campaign and military training.

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

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United States. Army. Quartermaster Battalion, 255th.

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Fetzer, James B., 1919-

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James B. Fetzer was born in Denver, Colo. in 1919. He joined the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale, Colo. and later served at Camp Swift, Tex. Fetzer was assigned to Headquarters of the 85th Infantry Regiment., later with Headquarters of the 255th Quartermaster Battalion; Headquarters of the 10th Mountain Division; and Headquarters of the 10th Quartermaster Battalion. Fetzer attained the rank of 1st Lieutenant. From the description of James B. Fetzer papers, ca.1943-1945 [manuscrip...

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...

United States. Army. Quartermaster Battalion, 10th.

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