Richard M. Wilson papers, 1942-2007 [manuscript].
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United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th.
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Wilson, Richard M. 1923-2007.
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Wilson (1923-2007) was born in Rochester, N.Y. Attended Alfred University before enlisting in the Army at New York City December 14, 1942. Joined the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale, Colo. where he was assigned to the 86th Infantry Regiment and later served with the 85th. Severely wounded during the battle for Mount Belvedere on February 20, 1945. Following three years of hospitalization, attended University of Denver, eventually entering the publishing and public relations field. Associated...
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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...
Surma, Leslie Wilson,
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