Keith J. Kvam papers, 1943-1998.

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Keith J. Kvam papers, 1943-1998.

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The collection includes family and condolence related correspondence (1943-1945); Kvam's military records and personal papers (1943-1946); photographs (n.d.); notes, papers, drafts and a copy of Kvam's biography: "My Brother Keith: A Remembrance" by Audrey Wendland (ca. 1998).

1 linear ft. (1 box)

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7159597

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th.

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Kvam, Keith J., 1925-1945.

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Keith Jerome Kvam was born in Milwaukee, Wis. on November 30, 1925. In 1943, he graduated from St. John's Military Academy, Delafield Wis., where he had been an honor student and Cadet Lieutenant Colonel. Kvam obtained an appointment to Officers Candidate School, receiving a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in August 1944 at the age of 18. He volunteered for the 10th Mountain Division, joining the division at Camp Swift, Tex. Assigned to the 85th Infantry Regiment, he served in both Company L and ...

Wendland, Audrey K.

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Kvam, Keith L., 1925-1945

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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...