Philip A. Lunday papers, 1943-2005 [manuscript].

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Philip A. Lunday papers, 1943-2005 [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71427116

The collection includes correspondence, memoirs, 10th Mountain Division database documentation, personal papers (1990s); Tramway Builders notebook (1990s); and scrapbook (1944-1945); reunion notes and correspondence (1994); copies of "The Eighty-Fifth Mountain Infantry Regiment" by John B. Woodruff, "An Engineer's Scared Stone" by Chuck and Charlie Hampton, "D Company, 126th Mountain Engineer Battalion" by Charles Hampton, "Combat History of the 126th Mountain Engineer Battalion," "Mountains and Men I've Known: A Skier's Story" by Charles M. Hampton, "The 10th Recon/MTG" by Andy Black and Chuck Hampton. 3 photo albums on Company D, 126th Mountain Engineers and Weasel restoration.

1.5 linear ft. (2 boxes), 1 oversize box, 2 photo oversize boxes

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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Denver Public Library, Central Library

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Lunday, Philip A.

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Born in Montana in 1924. Completed one year of college before being drafted in June of 1943. Went to basic training then went to Purdue for 3 months. Then took a second basic training before being trained as a mechanic. Transferred to the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Swift, Texas, and was assigned to Company D of the 126th Engineers. Landed in Naples on January 20, 1945 and was posted in Pisa. Served at Camp Carson. From the description of Oral History [sound recording]. (Denver Pu...

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...

United States. Army. Engineers Battalion, 126th.

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Lunday, Philip A., 1924-

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Philip A. Lunday was born in Billings, Mont. in 1924 and joined the Army in 1943. At the time of enlistment he was unmarried and had attended one year of college. Before joining the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Swift, Tex., Lunday received his basic training at Camp Fannin, Tex., with additional training at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. He was assigned to the 126th Mountain Engineers, Company D. From the description of Philip A. Lunday papers, 1943-2005 [manuscript]. (Den...

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...