Ulysse Bozonnet is a former French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 mountain infantry soldier and skier.

In the military rank of a Caporal-chef he was a member of the national Olympic military patrol team

Military patrol at the 1948 Winter Olympics

At the 1948 Winter Olympics, in St. Moritz, Switzerland, in 1948, the last military patrol competition was held as a demonstration sport. This was in part to the aftermath of World War II, which decimated Europe. This sport would be superseded by the biathlon competition which debuted at the 1960...

 in 1948

1948 Winter Olympics

The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in 1948 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The Games were the first to be celebrated after World War II; it had been twelve years since the last Winter Games in 1936...

 which placed fifth in the powder. Leader of the team was Émile Paganon

Émile Paganon

Émile Paganon is a former French military officer of the chasseurs alpins and skier. He was leader of the national Olympic military patrol team in 1948 which placed fifth.Paganon was born in Thônes. He was married to Herminie with one son...

 who was Bozonnet's platoon leader in World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. His brother Roland served also as a chasseur alpin. After Winter Olympics, Ulysse married Sidonie Francine Buillet. They developed a mountain farm in Haute-Tarentaise

Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise

Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise is a commune in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise is a village in the Tarentaise Valley in Savoie, France. The old village itself lies on the main road between Bourg-Saint-Maurice and Val-d'Isère...

and they sold the famous ancient cheese Persillé.