Records, 1942-1953.

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Records, 1942-1953.

Maps, interviews, photographs and newspaper clippings on the construction of Camp Hale (Colo.) (1942-1953). Also historical information on the Pando area (Colo.) before construction.

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United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th

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The 10th Mountain Division, a full division of the United States Army, specializing in mountain and winter warfare, trained at Camp Hale, Colorado, during World War II. Experienced in skiing, mountaineering and cold-weather survival as well as military tactics, the soldiers fought enemy forces in the Italian Campaign of 1945. Dubbed the "ski troops" by the press, the 10th Mountain Division remains the only military division recruited by a civilian organization, the National Ski Patrol. Many 10th...

Camp Hale (Colo.)

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Located between Leadville and Minturn (Colo.). Men of the 10th Mountain Division received instruction in mountain and winter warfare, mountaineering, skiing and rock climbing. From the description of Records, 1942-1953. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 52033246 ...