Ronald F. Lestina papers, ca.1945 [manuscript].

United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 90th.

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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...

United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 87th

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Lestina, Ronald F., 1923-1997.

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Ronald Lestina was born in Chicago, Ill. in 1923 and enlisted in the Army at Camp Grant, Ill. in March 1943. He joined the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale, Colo. and was also stationed at Camp Swift, Tex. before being sent to Italy. Lestina served with Companies A and F of the 86th Infantry Regiment; 90th Infantry Regiment; Service Company, Company B, Headquarters 2nd Battalion of the 87th Infantry Regiment. He attained the rank of Private First Class. Lestina died in Westminster, Colo. in M...

United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 86th

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Lestina, Joseph,

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