Lynn R. Burton papers, 1969-2001 [manuscript].

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Lynn R. Burton papers, 1969-2001 [manuscript].

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Papers relating to the National Association of the 10th Mountain Division, Rocky Mountain Chapter of the 10th Mountain Division Association and the 10th Mountain Division Resource Center include reunion materials, programs, Board of Directors meeting documents, bylaws, correspondence, resolutions, 99th Infantry Battalion history.

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Burton, Gwendolyn R. W. (Gwendolyn R. Wilson)

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United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 87th

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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...

Burton, Lynn R., 1926-2001.

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Lynn Burton was born in Bend, Or. on May 15, 1926, and attended high school in Manitou Springs, Colo. Enlisted in the U.S. Army in early 1944. Volunteered for 10th Mountain Division. Trained at Camp Swift in Texas. Served in the 87th Infantry Regiment, Company L. Saw enemy action and was wounded in the northern Apennines near Locuri Scoula and received Purple Heart. Active member of the National Association of the 10th Mountain Division. Attended many reunions. Died on April 15, 2001. ...

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...