Steven B. Woodrich oral history, 2007 [videorecording].

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Steven B. Woodrich oral history, 2007 [videorecording].

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The interview provides information and personal observations about Woodrich's experiences: hearing about the 10th Mountain Division while in high school; basic training at Camp Fannin, Tex.; joining the Division at Camp Swift, Tex.; being number 1 scout at Riva Ridge; arriving in the Po Valley and crossing Lake Garda on a DUKW; mines in the tunnels; being at Lake Garda at the end of the war; after the war, remaining in the reserves for 8 years and being based at Camp McCoy, Wis.

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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