Charles A. Peterson papers, 1943-ca.1953 [manuscript].

Peterson, Charles A., 1905-1991.

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Charles A. Peterson was born in Anamoose, N.D. in 1905 and joined the Army in 1924. During World War II, he was a Lieutenant Colonel with the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale, Colo. and Camp Swift, Tex. before deployment to Italy. He was assigned to Headquarters of the 10th Mountain Division. Peterson received two Bronze Star medals for his actions in the Apennines and the Po River areas in the spring of 1945. He also received a Silver Star medal, Italian Cross of Valor and the Cross of Merit...

Boddington, William,

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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...