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During the first world war, Chippewa supplied boots to the military. This includes high quality foot wear for the Allied Powers in Europe and later for the US military when they joined the war on April 6, 1917. In the 1930s, the Wall Street crash and Great
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During WWII, Chippewa crafted cold weather footwear for the US Army's elite 10th
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