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"We Climb To Conquer" Is Motto Of Army Alpine Unit: Tricks Of Living And Fighting Studied The Hard Way At Camp Hale, Colorado
Article overviewing the training practices and soldier lifestyle of the 10th Mountain Division during their time at Camp Hale.
87th Infantry Regiment, Company L
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)…
And in the Beginning There was Pando and the Wilderness
Description of the life of a native Colorado workman on the construction team during the building process of Camp Hale in the Pando Valley.
Battle on the Slopes: World War II’s Ski Troops
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,…
Camp Hale and Train
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.
Camp Hale Ordnance Cleanup May Take Years
A 2002 article discussing Camp Hale ordnance (mines and unexploded munitions) and the length of time it will take officials to clean it all up. The nationwide cleanup program is described as underfunded, which could cause serious delays in recovering…
Camp Hale Will Have Its Own Mammoth Harvest Festival
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.
Camp Hale, Colorado
Still from the Warner Brothers film: "The Fighting Mountaineers." Fifty Tenth Mountain Division ski troopers during training practice forming a column of twos. One line of men occupies a hill in the foreground; another group occupies a hill in the…
Camp Hale, Colorado
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…
Chow Line, Colorado
A chow line near Camp Hale, Colorado. The tables serving food are set up in the snow. Seven Tenth Mountain Division soldiers are serving food and three are getting food. A many other soldiers are standing back from the serving area. A table with…