Oliver J. La Mere papers, 1942-2010 1942-1945 [manuscript].
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United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th.
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La Mere, Oliver J., 1912-1945.
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Born on March 8, 1912 in Amery, Wis.; graduated from East High School, Minneapolis, Minn. (1930). Attended University of Minnesota; joined Minn. National Guard (1933), appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the reserves; entered active duty in May 1941. La Mere was assigned to the 8th Replacement Depot in Empoli, Italy, before joining the 85th Regimental Headquarters Company on March 16, 1945. In April 1945, he was killed in action near Crespellano, Italy while serving as platoon leader of the 2nd Battalio...
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...
Chouinard, Charles
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