Leslie M. Curtis papers, 1945-2009 Apr.-July 1945 [manuscript].

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Leslie M. Curtis papers, 1945-2009 Apr.-July 1945 [manuscript].

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Collection contains the "day book" for Company E, 86th Infantry Regiment (April 1-July 1945) kept by Leslie M. Curtis, company clerk; correspondence from Mrs. Leslie M. (Mavis L.) Curtis explaining the significance of the day book (2009).

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Denver Public Library, Central Library

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Denver Public Library, Central Library

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Curtis, Leslie M., 1923-2008.

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Leslie M. Curtis was born in Albany, N.Y. on June 25, 1923 and enlisted in the Army on February 25, 1943 at Boston, Mass. He joined the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale, Colo. and was assigned to Company B of the 86th Infantry Regiment, later with Company E. During combat operations in Italy, Curtis received the Bronze Star medal for his actions. A dentist in later life, he died in Winchester, Mass. on June 27, 2008. From the description of Leslie M. Curtis papers, 1945-2009 Apr.-...

Curtis, Mavis, 1936-...

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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, 86th

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