James R. Rogers papers, 1944-2003.

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James R. Rogers papers, 1944-2003.

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The collection contains a copy of Roger's military records (1944); memoirs and poem (ca. 2003); 2 CD-ROMs containing digital images of the Italian Reunion (2006); photographic prints of unspecific reunion activities (n.d.).

1 envelope.

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7247381

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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

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Rogers, James L. (James Lloyd), 1926-

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James Richard Rogers was born in Corning, Ark. in 1926 and enlisted in the Army in 1944. At the time of enlistment he was unmarried, had completed three years of high school and working as a sheet metal worker. Rogers joined Company E of the 85th Infantry Regiment of the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Swift, Tex. before being sent to Italy. He was wounded in action near Mount Torraccia in February 1945. From the description of James R. Rogers papers, 1944-2003. (Denver Public Library...

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...