Forrest L. Foley papers, 1943-2009 1943-1945 [manuscript].

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Forrest L. Foley papers, 1943-2009 1943-1945 [manuscript].

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Collection contains correspondence (1943-1945, 1990); photographs of Camp Hale, Colo., Italy, (1943-1945); clippings (1980-2001); military papers (1943-1945); funeral service program (2009); personal photographs (1943-1945); memories (CD-ROM, n.d.); books: This Damn Tree Leaks by Bill Mauldin and Score Book for U.S. Rifles (1942).

.5 linear ft. (1 box)

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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Foley, Forrest L., 1925-2009.

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Foley was born in Marlborough, N.H. on Jan. 3, 1925. He graduated from Marlborough High School in 1943 and was immediately drafted, enlisting in the Army at Manchester, N.H. on July 9, 1943. Foley served with Company K of the 85th Infantry Regiment and was stationed at Camp Hale, Colo., Camp Swift, Tex., and Camp Carson, Colo. and served combat duty in Italy. He died in Belmont, New Hampshire on January 5, 2009. From the description of Forrest L. Foley papers, 1943-2009 1943-1945 [ma...

Foley, Steve

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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...