Donald B. Davol papers, 1943-1945 [manuscript].

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Donald B. Davol papers, 1943-1945 [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/427876846

Collection contains approximately 200 letters sent by Davol during WWII (1943-1945).

.5 linear ft. (1 box)

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7476769

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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Davol, Frank,

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

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United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 86th

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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...

Davol, Donald B., 1925-1997.

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Donald B. Davol was born in Conn. in 1925 and enlisted in the Army at New Haven, Conn. on September 2, 1943. At the time of enlistment he was unmarried and had completed two years of high school. Davol joined the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale, Colo., where he was assigned to Company F of the 90th Infantry Division. He later transferred to Company L, 86th Infantry Division and Headquarters Company of the 3rd Battalion. Davol also served at Camp Swift, Tex. before being sent to Italy. During...

Davol, Phebe,

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