James H. Dumm papers, 1943-1944.
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United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th.
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Dumm, Douglas,
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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...
Dumm, James Harold, 1912-
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James Harold Dumm was born in Pa. in 1912 and enlisted in the Army at Philadelphia, Pa. in 1943. At the time of enlistment he was married, had completed 4 years of college and was working as clerk in a financial institution. Dumm joined the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale, Colo. and was assigned to Company A of the 85th Infantry Regiment. He later transferred to Camp Swift, Tex. before being sent to Italy where he participated in combat operations. Dumm attained the rank of Technician, Grade...