Robert F. Ruane papers, 1941-1945 [manuscript].

Ruane, Robert F., 1919-1972.

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Robert F. Ruane was born on April 7, 1919 in the District of Columbia and enlisted in the Army at Fort Meyer, Virginia on December 21, 1942. At the time of enlistment he was unmarried, working as a general office clerk and had completed two years of college. Ruane was a member of Company A, and later with the Headquarters Company, of the 2nd Battalion of the 86th Infantry Regiment. He was stationed at both Camp Hale, Colo. and Camp Swift, Tex. before being sent to Italy. Ruane received the Bronz...

United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 86th

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Ruane, Robert F., Jr., 2011

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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...