Memoirs, diary excerpt and photocopied photograph, 1945-1990.

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Memoirs, diary excerpt and photocopied photograph, 1945-1990.

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Contains description of Nebeker's training in Camp Hale, Colorado during which he was a ski instructor. He describes combat in Italy during campaigns in the North Appennines, including heavy artillery fire and the massacre of German prisoners. Includes experience of combat on skis and mentions arrival and party in New York City after the war's end. Also contains a brief excerpt from Nebeker's war diary. Photograph is of Nebeker and a comrade in Italy.

1 folder (31 pages) + 1 photcopied photograph.

Harold B. Lee Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8314737

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Nebeker, Richard Hulme, 1925-1998

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Served in the US Army during World War II from 1944-1945. Nebeker was assigned to the 10th Mountain Division and during most of his combat operations he was a Staff Sergeant. He was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant shortly before the end of the war. From the description of Memoirs, diary excerpt and photocopied photograph, 1945-1990. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84137557 ...

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...