Ninety-Ninth Infantry Battalion collection, 1942-1981

Title

Ninety-Ninth Infantry Battalion collection, 1942-1981

Identifier

P1060

Date

1942-1981

Description

Thirteen issues (1942-1943) of "The Viking," a mimeographed newsletter containing information about events in camp and news from occupied Norway with cartoons by Claus Hoie, and a collection of clippings about the 99th. The Viking Battalion, as it was also called, was composed of "men of Norwegian extraction, Norwegian nationals, and Americanized Norwegians," and organized for particular missions during World War II. The unit trained at Camp Ripley and Fort Snelling in Minnesota, and at a mountain skiing center at Camp Hale in Colorado. For a complete statement, see "Bataljon 99," by Gerd Nyquist, Oslo, 1981.

Extent

1 folder

Subject

Hoie, Claus

Camp Ripley (Minn.)

Norwegian Battalion

World War II

Viking Battalion, U. S. Army

Bergen, Howard R.

Neprud, Lincoln

99th Infantry Battalion