Roe Duke Watson oral history, 1986, 2004.

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Roe Duke Watson oral history, 1986, 2004.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60570012

The collection includes CD and DVD interviews of Duke Watson 2004 and 1986, transcript of interview and some correspondence. Stella Degenhardt interviews Watson about his early life and his experiences with the 10th Mountain Division. Also included is an interview by D.A. Schmechel.

1 audiovisual envelope (6 compact discs, 2 videodiscs)

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7780399

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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United States. Army. Mountain 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...

Schmechel, D. A.

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Watson, Roe Duke, 1915-

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Born in Alton, Illinois. Studied forestry at the University of Michigan. After graduation moved to Washington, where he worked as a logger. With the outbreak of World War II, he was one of the first to volunteer for the ski troops. Trained at Fort Lewis and Mount Rainier, and was part of the Columbia Ice Fields expedition. Trained at Camp Hale, Colorado; Camp Swift, Texas and served in Italy. Company commander in the 86th Infantry Regiment. Wounded in action near Mount della Torraccia on Februar...

Degenhardt, Stella.

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