Ralph R. Bromaghin Papers
Scope and Contents
Letter from a Chaplain to the Bromaghin family (1945).
Dates
- 1945
Creator
- Bromaghin, Ralph R. K.,1918-1945. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Copyright
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Biographical / Historical
Ralph Bromaghin was born in Wash. in 1918 and enlisted in the Army at Ft. Lewis, Wash. in 1941. Bromaghin was unmarried, had attended four years of high school and had been working as an athletic instructor and skier. He subsequently served at Camp Hale, Colo., Camp Swift, Tex., and was assigned to several units, principally the Headquarters of the 3rd Battalion, 86th Infantry Regiment. During combat service in Italy, Captain Bromaghin was killed in action at Mt. Della Torraccia in February 1945. He received a posthumous Bronze Star medal.
Extent
1 Boxes
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source unknown.
General
Catalog record based on preliminary inventory.
Linking Entry Complexity Note
Forms part of: 10th Mountain Division Resource Center Collection.
General
Photographs transferred to 10th Mountain Division Digitized Photographs Collection (TMD351)
- Bromaghin, Ralph R. K., 1918-1945 -- Archives.
- Camp Hale (Colo.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Camp Swift (Tex.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Military maneuvers -- Cold weather conditions. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ski troops. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 86th.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository