Thomas G. Pace papers, 1943-1946.

United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th

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Cocuzza, Frank,

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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...

Pace, Thomas G., 1925-2001.

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Thomas Pace was born in Orange, N.J. on March 21, 1925 and was inducted into the Army at Newark, N.J. on May 6, 1943. At the time of his enlistment he had completed two years of high school, was single and working as a machinist's apprentice. Pace joined the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale, Colo. and was assigned to the 85th Infantry Regiment. During combat operations in Italy, he received the Bronze Star Medal for his actions on Hill 913 at Castel d' Aiano on April 14, 1945. Pace died in Or...