Ralph R. Bromaghin Papers

Collection

Identifier: M1983

Staff Only

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.