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Nancy Tarter oral history

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Call NumberOH237-2018-1455CreatorTarter, Nancy W. (Nancy Wilhelmina), 1920-2011ContributorContiguglia, GeorgianneDateApril 9, 1994SummaryThe interview provides information and personal observations about Nancy Tarter's experiences with the 10th Mountain Division during World War II: Nancy worked in the Signal Corps but had worked for the Associated Press as a telephone/telegraph operator--she recalls one story of her husband sneaking back from a training exercise to spend a night with her, which was a court martial offense; .being assigned to Alamogordo, New Mexico she wrote the first story, dictated to her by General Arnold, about the atomic bomb for Time/Life; the hardship endured when she and her husband left Camp Hale, Colorado, where temperatures reached 60-below zero, to be assigned to Camp Swift, Texas, with temperatures reaching 110 degrees and above.Physical Description2 audio files (57:58), 1 indexSubjectTarter, Nancy W. (Nancy Wilhelmina), 1920-2011--InterviewsTarter, Darrel P. (Darrel Phelps), 1912-2012--BiographyUnited States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th--InterviewsUnited States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th--InterviewsUnited States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th. Mountain Training Group--InterviewsUnited States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th--Civilian employees--InterviewsWorld War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American--Women--InterviewsWives--Effect of husband's employment on--20th century--InterviewsMilitary maneuvers--Cold weather conditions--Civilian employees--InterviewsSki troops--History--InterviewsCamp Hale (Colo.)--HistoryCamp Swift (Tex.)--HistoryNotesThis oral history was digitized as part of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Recordings at Risk grant project.TranscriberSchmid, Keli L., 1972-Collection10th Mountain Division Records

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10th Mountain Division logo over black and white photograph of troops in formation