Papers, 1943-1945.

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Papers, 1943-1945.

Includes newspaper clippings; special order of the day (April 1945); birthday card (August 1944) and Program (Italian) Il Barbiere di Siviglia Naples (ca 1945). Photo album and loose photos contain images of Camp Hale, ski training, 3rd platoon 85-G, inidividual soliders and portrait and images of Kletter.

1 linear ft. (I box)

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United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th

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Kletter, Marcus, 1917-

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Born in 1917 in New York. Enlisted in the Army September 9, 1943 and served with the 10th Mountain Division. Assigned to the 85th Infantry Regiment, Company G. Stationed at Camp Hale, Colorado and Camp Swift, Texas. Engaged in ground combat operations in Italy and was wounded in action on April 15, 1945. From the description of Papers, 1943-1945. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 82523226 ...

Kletter, Fredi Ruth,

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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...