Wallace I. Barkeen papers, 1943-1944.

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Wallace I. Barkeen papers, 1943-1944.

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The collection contains b/w photographs and negatives taken at Camp Hale, Colo.: MGM filming (March 1944); engineer and general camp training (ca. 1943-1944); August Barkeen (Wallace Barkeen's father) (ca. 1943).

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Denver Public Library, Central Library

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Denver Public Library, Central Library

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

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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...

Barkeen, Wallace I. 1912-

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Wallace I. Barkeen was born in Denver, Colo. on May 23, 1912 the son of Swedish immigrants. He received a B.S. in horticulture and a lieutenant's commission through the ROTC program at Oklahoma State University in 1940. Barkeen arrived at Camp Hale, Colo. in January 1943. He was assigned to the 85th Infantry Regiment and commanded Companies B and C. Later, Barkeen served as a the regimental S3 (operations officer) for the 85th Infantry Regiment. He retired from the Army in 1960 with the rank of ...