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Six Tenth Mountain Division soldiers pose for a picture while having a "leg show." All have their pant legs raised to above the knee and pose like dancers in a chorus-line with their right foot forward. All are wearing dress uniforms and wearing…

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Photograph of Tenth Mountain Division soldier, William Putnam in silhouette rappelling down a cliff near Camp Carson, Colorado.

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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…

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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,…

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Group portrait of sixteen Tenth Mountain Division skitroopers posed in a line on skis in the Colorado mountains. None identified.

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View of a Denver and Rio Grande Western train near Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. Shows barracks at the base of a mountain. The train is pulled by locomotive 3618.

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1943 article praising Camp Hale ski troops for their resilience in training in the Colorado mountain elements. The article explains some of the training activities undertaken by the soldiers, describing the inclement weather, dangerous terrain, and…

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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…

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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…

C5 Hale Mountaineering.pdf
Article overviewing the training practices and soldier lifestyle of the 10th Mountain Division during their time at Camp Hale.
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