Robert J. Jardine oral history, 2007 [videorecording].

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Robert J. Jardine oral history, 2007 [videorecording].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/778307791

The interview provides information and personal observations about Jardine's experiences as a skier during high school in Calif. and joining the 10th Mountain Division with letters of recommendation; training and leisure time in Camp Hale, Colo.; being wounded on Riva Ridge and transfer to a hospital for surgery; recovery time until the end of the war; going to Glacier School in Austria after the war; influences on his life.

1 videodisc (46 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 videocassette (46 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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