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Name
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Bartlett, Leo Carlton
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Rank, Company, Regiment
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PFC HQ 3rd 85th INF
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Birth date/Death Date
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12/11/1921 -
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Awards
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Bronze Star for meritorious service in Italy on April 23, 1945 at the Po River crossing
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Vermont Location
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Craftsbury/Stowe
My uncle was born 11 December 1921 in Craftsbury, Vermont. As a boy, his family moved to Stowe where he grew up
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Competitive Skiing
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Importance of Vermont
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First skiing experience
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He had been a pre-war skier and had even been an early volunteer on the Mt Mansfield Ski Patrol at Stowe. When he heard about the recruiting effort for the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, he was one of the earliest volunteers. He recalls that Minnie Dole even wrote one of his Letters of Recommendation.
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College
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What was your experience in the 10th like?
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My uncle enlisted into Company B of the 118th Quartermaster Corps of the 43rd Division on 11 May 1940. Company B was stationed at the Waterbury Armory and was federalized on 24 February 1941He served in the 10th from beginning to end. Starting at Ft. Lewis and Mt. Rainier WA followed by training at Jolan, CA-Camp Hale, CO-Ft. Ord, CA-the invasion of Kiska Island in the Aleutians-back to Colorado for more training at Hale, then to Camp Swift, TX and finally into combat in Italy. During the 87th regiment's time at Ft. Lewis a small detachment was sent to the Columbia Ice Fields in Canada, Bartlett was one. Leo shipped out in a truck and train convoy which eventually delivered them to Camp Shelby, Mississippi after passing through, and spending one night, on the battlefield at Gettysburg.
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Why did you join the 10th?
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Ski Patrol
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Stowe
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Ski School
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Ski Industry
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After the war he continued to do limited skiing but remained an avid outdoorsman engaging in hunting and fishing. He managed various large farms in Stowe and a successful construction company with a fellow 10th MTN veteran, Clem Curtis.
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Vermont Ski Area Connection
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Role of Skiing in your Life
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Photograph information
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Information submitted by
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Brian Lindner
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