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Nancy Tarter Audio 1

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Call NumberOH237-2018-1455Interviewee NameTarter, Nancy W. (Nancy Wilhelmina), 1920-2011Interviewer NameContiguglia, 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 Description1 audio file (31:23)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectTarter, 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.)--HistoryCollection10th Mountain Division RecordsDigital Version Created FromCassette tapes held by Denver Public LibraryOriginal Material Found in CollectionOH237. Nancy Tarter oral history; 10th Mountain Division Resource Center CollectionNotesThis oral history was digitized as part of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Recordings at Risk grant project.DonorGeorgianna ContiguliaLanguageeng

Oral HistoryNancy Tarter oral history

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Rights Statementhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/Credit 10th Mountain Division Resource Center, Denver Public Library, [call number]Digital Reproduction Available for PurchaseNo