Eric C. Wilson papers, 1943-1944 [manuscript].

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Eric C. Wilson papers, 1943-1944 [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/757841385

Collection contains 56 b/w photographs of Company C, 85th Infantry Regiment at Camp Hale, Colo. and also in Italy.

1 photo folio

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8144539

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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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...

Wilson, Eric C., 1916-1998.

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Eric C. Wilson was born in Rockford, Ill. on August 13, 1916. He had completed four year of high school prior to enlisting in the Army. Wilson joined the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale, Colo. where he was assigned to Company C of the 85th Infantry Regiment. He also served at Camp Swift, Tex. before being sent to Italy. During combat operations in Italy, WIlson received two Bronze Star Medals for his actions at Mount Gorgolesco on February 22, 1945 and at Mount San Michele on April 19, 1945....