John Best Wolffis papers, ca. 1943-1945.

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John Best Wolffis papers, ca. 1943-1945.

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The collection contains family correspondence (n.d., 1980s, 1990s); copies of maps (1945); copies of photographs (1943-1945); 10th Mountain Division related ephemera (n.d.).

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Denver Public Library, Central Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7158582

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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Wolffis, Wilhelmina,

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Wolffis, John Best, 1922-1996.

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John Wolffis was born in Muskegon, Mich. in 1922 and enlisted in the Army at Kalamazoo, Mich. in 1943. At the time of enlistment he was unmarried, had completed four years of high school and working as a draftsman. Wolffis joined the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale, Colo. and was assigned to Company A of the 86th Infantry Regiment. He transferred to Camp Swift, Tex. before being sent to Italy. Wolffis was awarded the Bronze Star medal for his actions in the Apennine Mountains and Po Valley. ...

United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 86th

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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...