William Murry Jr. papers, 1943-1945 [manuscript].

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William Murry Jr. papers, 1943-1945 [manuscript].

Collection contains a scrapbook with more than 100 b/w photos of Camp Hale and the Italian Campaign, and related ephemera.

1 photo oversize box

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United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th

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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...

Murry, William, Jr., 1920-2006.

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William "Billy" Murry Jr. was born on February 26, 1925 in El Reno, Okla. and enlisted in the Army at Denver, Colo. on April 16, 1943. At the time of enlistment Murry had completed grammar school, was unmarried and employed as a sheet metal worker. He joined the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale, Colo. and was as a member of Headquarters of the 3rd Battalion, Headquarters Company and Company F of the 86th Infantry Regiment; and Company I and Headquarters Company of the 85th Infantry Regiment. ...

United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 86th

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