Fred A. Nagel papers, 1933-2003 [manuscript].
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Nagel, Fred A., 1919-2008.
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Born August 26, 1919 in Monterrey, Mexico where his father worked as a mining engineer. Moved to Denver, Colo. when he was two years old. Graduated from Denver's East High School in 1936 and entered the Colorado School of Mines the same year. After graduation, joined the U.S. Gypsum Company at Heath, Mont., where he worked as a quality control tester and later as wallboard superintendent. Joined the Army in June 1942. Trained with the 10th Light Division (Alpine) at Camp Hale, Colorado in Octobe...
United States. Army. Engineering Battalion, 126th.
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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...
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...