J. Kroy Ostergaard papers, 1945-1946 [manuscript].

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J. Kroy Ostergaard papers, 1945-1946 [manuscript].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/317619976

The collection contains a scrapbook compiled for Ostergaard by his family containing newspaper clippings, correspondence, ephemera (1945-1946).

1 oversize folio

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7325422

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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

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Ostergaard, John Kroy, 1924-

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John Kroy Ostergaard was born in Or. in July 1924, but grew up in Ill. He joined the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale, Colo. and later served at Camp Swift, Tex. and in Italy. Ostergaard was a member of Company B, Headquarters of the 1st Battalion and Company D of the 85th Infantry Regiment. He attained the rank of Private First Class. From the description of J. Kroy Ostergaard papers, 1945-1946 [manuscript]. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 317619976 ...

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...