Eugene S. Hames papers, 1938-2006 [manuscript].

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Eugene S. Hames papers, 1938-2006 [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60755328

Collection includes correspondence to family during World War II, post war correspondence, memoirs, newspaper clippings, military papers, war time photos and personal photos.

.25 linear ft. (1 box), 1 oversize photo box

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7784633

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th.

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Hames, Eugene S., 1920-2007.

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Eugene Hames was born on the Jorgenson Ranch near Phillipsburg, Mont. on July 24, 1920. His family later moved to Missoula, Mont. where he graduated from high school in 1937. Hames enlisted in the Army at Butte, Mont. on March 1, 1943 and volunteered for the ski troops. Rapidly promoted, he became a company First Sergeant. In the fall of 1944, he was accepted at officer candidate school, graduating on November 16, 1944. Hames was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant. Returning to Camp Swift, Tex., he b...

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...

Hames, Tom,

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