Albert J. Gagliardi oral history [sound recording].

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Albert J. Gagliardi oral history [sound recording].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/76795133

In depth account of Gagliardi's involvement with the 87th Infantry and his experiences serving on Kiska, Alaska in the Spring of 1943. The majority of the tape examines the passage to Kiska and combat there. Interview concludes with recounting of the passage home which includes a vivid account of a storm just before landing in Seattle.

1 sound cassette (53 minutes) : analog, mono ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. + synopsis.

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8177020

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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Collaborative Digitization Project (Denver, Colo.)

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United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 87th

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Gagliardi, Albert J.

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Served with the 10th Mountain Division during World War II, 87th Infantry Regiment at Camp Hale, Fort Ord, Kiska and Camp Swift. From the description of Albert J. Gagliardi oral history [sound recording]. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 76795133 ...

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...