William C. Murphy papers, 1943-1992 [manuscript].

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

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United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 86th

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Murphy, William C., 1922-1999.

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William C. Murphy was born in Scranton, Pa. on October 5, 1922 and enlisted in the Army at Newark, N.J. in Oct. 1942. At the time of enlistment he was single and had completed four years of high school. He joined the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale, Colo., but also served at Camp Swift, Tex. and in Italy. Initially assigned to Company D of the 86th Infantry Regiment, he later transferred to the 3rd Headquarters of the 85th Infantry Regiment. Murphy was staff sergeant to Jim Barr, Intelligenc...

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...