Wendell D. Gugler oral history, 2007 [videorecording].

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Wendell D. Gugler oral history, 2007 [videorecording].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/777847655

The interview provides information and personal observations about Gugler's decision to join the 10th Mountain Division, time spent in Colo., friends and activities at Camp Hale; service in Italy, combat at Mount Belvedere, soldiers killed in action and changes this caused, replacement soldiers; reunions attended.

1 videodisc (40 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 videocassette (40 min. : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.) +1 envelope

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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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...

Gugler, Wendell D., 1925-

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Wendell D. Gugler was born on April 7, 1925 in Abilene, Kan. and was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1943. He joined the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale, Colo. where he was assigned to Company E of the 85th Infantry Regiment. Gugler also served at Camp Swift, Tex. before being deployed to Italy where he participated in the battle at Mount Belvedere. From the description of Wendell D. Gugler oral history, 2007 [videorecording]. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 777847655 ...