A group of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers have "ice practice" near Camp Hale, Colorado. Two men are learning how to use a mountaineer's ice axe on steep ice covered slope. Twelve other soldiers are waiting for to try the procedure or are teaching…
Soldiers set up a machine gun in the snow at Camp Hale near Leadville. The camp was used by the Army's 10th Mountain Division for training during World War II Soldiers set up a machine gun in the snow at Camp Hale near Leadville. The camp was used by…
Duke family members pose on Vail Mountain, in Eagle County, Colorado, wearing down-filled ski clothes with poles, goggles, and knit hats. They are identified as (l to r): Peter, Benjy, Lester, HBD (H. Benjamin Duke), Maud, Jamie, and Charles. Ben…
Ralph (Gus) Ball, cq, reaches up to touch the name of a Lieutenant he knew, for Company K- 85 after a memorial service for the 10th Mountain Division, Monday Aug 6, 2007 at 10th Mountain Division monument at Tennessee Pass. Lt. Slight was killed in…
Vic Ecklund, cq, quietly walks along the remains of the old field house of the 10th Mountain Division's Camp Hale, Monday Aug 6, 2007. His father Vic Ecklund served with the 10th Mountain Division from 1942-45. The National Association of the 10th…
Billboard in the snow outside of Camp Hale, a U.S. Army training camp for World War II mountain soldiers, near Tennessee Pass, Colorado. Image on the billboard is of a clenched fist with "Camp Hale" printed on the sleeve punching a caricature of…
Group portrait of the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company L. Taken at Camp Hale, Spring 1944. Left to right TOP row: 1) Slusark, Stanley, 2) unidentified, 3) Katzman,Heinz, 4) unidentified, 5) unidentified, 6)…
Interview on NPR's 'Radio Diaries" program of six veterans of the 10th Mountain Division. The conversation moves from the beginnings of the division, the soldiers' experiences being recruited, the training program and physical aspects of Camp Hale,…
Announcement in the Camp Hale newspaper for the Camp's Harvest Festival to be held in the autumn of 1943. The article advertises a rally, various games and concessions, and a dance among other activities.