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- Ice practice
- 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 proceedure or are...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Rock climbing--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943
- Rock climbing school
- Approximately thirty-five Tenth Mountain Division soldiers learn how to rock climb near Camp Hale, Colorado. Twenty-five the men are at the base of a rock, nine more are on a rock shelf a few feet above. Ropes hang down to the group below. The...
- Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Rock climbing--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943
- Rock climbing
- A Tenth Mountain Division soldier searches for handholds as he climbs a steep rock face near Camp Hale, Colorado. A piton and carabiner are visible in the rock below him. A second soldier is climbing behind him but facing away from the camera. Both...
- Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Rock climbing--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943
- Rock climbing
- Approximately twenty Tenth Mountain Division soldiers practice rock climbing near Camp Hale, Colorado; three soldiers are scaling a rope to climb onto a rock shelf a few feet above the ground. The rest of the soldiers are divided with half waiting...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Rock climbing--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943
- Soldiers at the summit
- A Group of Tenth Mountain Division solders relax on some rocks near a mountain summit, near Camp Hale, Colorado. They are wearing woollen khaki uniforms and boots with gaiters. Snow covers the ground.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military life--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943
- Me on maneuvers
- John C. "Jack" Caldwell poses for a portrait while on maneuvers at Camp Hale, Colorado, in 1943. He is standing on a trail surrounded by golden aspen and pine trees. He is wearing a helmet, khaki shirt and pants, and carrying a rifle. Behind him is...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Photographers--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Caldwell, John C.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943
- Mule packing school
- Tenth Mountain Division soldiers learn how to tie boxes on pack saddles of two mules at Camp Hale, Colorado. Some of the soldiers are wearing steal helmets, others are wearing caps. The soldiers holding the mules' heads are wearing leather boots...
- Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Mules--Colorado--1940-1950.; Pack animals--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1943
- Texas Tweedy
- Portrait of Tenth Mountain Division soldier John B. "Jack" Tweedy,Company E-86, Jack holds a ski with snow on the tip and wears a brown sweater; behind him is a snowbank and pine trees.
- Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Tweedy, John B.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943
- Coletti
- A Tenth Mountain Division soldier named Coletti poses holding a mule in the snow at Camp Hale, Colorado. Four other soldiers stand behind him. Deep snow covers the ground and the pine trees on the hill behind the group. The snow rises to the mule's...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mules--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943
- Camp Hale, rock climbing
- Nine Tenth Mountain Division soldiers practice rock climbing with ropes on a steep cliff at Camp Hale, Colorado. They are wearing a variety of clothing, including denim jeans, in addition to khaki uniforms.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Rock climbing--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943
- Weasel pulling a troop trailer, Camp Hale
- A camouflaged weasel pulls a treaded trailer loaded with Tenth Mountain Division troops over a snow-packed road at Camp Hale, Colorado.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military vehicles--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943
- Richard Fogarty poses beside two "weasels"
- Richard Foggarty of the Tenth Mountain Division poses beside two "weasels", [a snow vehicle designed by Studebaker] without canvas covers, near the S4 warehouse and 86th Regiment Headquarters at Camp Hale, Colorado. He is wearing a cap, a pullover...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military vehicles--Colorado--1940-1950.; Photographers--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Foggarty, Richard.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943, 1944
- Floyd Simmons
- Tenth Mountain Division soldier, Floyd Simmons, poses looking toward the camera. He is wearing a cap and a white anorak. Behind him a group of approximately nine other soldiers look in the opposite direction toward distant snow covered mountains....
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military life--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943-1944
- John W. Pollock at Camp Hale, Colorado
- John W. Pollock of the Tenth Mountain Division, 86th Regiment, stands with his thumbs holding his belt in the middle of a road at Camp Hale, Colorado. He is wearing a army pullover sweater, over a shirt and tie, wool pants and boots with shoe...
- Photographers--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Pollock, John W.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943-1944
- View of Camp Hale, showing a passing train and the mule corral
- View of Camp Hale, Colorado, covered with snow. A train is passing through the Pando valley. The camp's mule corral is at the lower right of the image. The Tenth Mountain Division trained here 1943-1944.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pando Valley (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943-1944
- Chow!!
- A group of nineteen Tenth Mountain Division soldiers wait to enter a dining hall at Camp Hale, Colorado. One soldier playfully holds another off the ground. All are wearing brown wool uniforms. Snow covers the ground.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military life--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943-1944
- Group portrait at the Company M, 87th Regiment barracks
- Six men belonging to the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Regiment, Company M pose for a photograph outside of their barracks at Camp Hale, Colorado. The men wear slightly different versions of the basic khaki uniform. Staff Sgt. Eldon Metzger stands...
- Military uniforms--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1944
- Leg show
- 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...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military life--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1944
- Packing up
- Twelve Tenth Mountain Division soldiers put their duffle bags in a pile beside a barracks building as they prepare to leave Camp Hale, Colorado.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Barracks--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1944
- Mail-call at Camp Hale, Colorado
- Mail-call at Camp Hale, Colorado. A Tenth Mountain Division soldier distributes mail in the street. Gathered around him are a group of soldiers waiting for letters from the stack he holds in his hand. Some of the men are holding red slips of paper....
- Military life--Colorado--1940-1950.; Military uniforms--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1944
- Maneuvers
- A large group of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers sit in the snow by the side of a slush covered road. The man closest to the camera has turned his head to watch a "weasle," a snowy terrain vehicle, that is driving down the road. One soldier is...
- Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1944
- Maneuvers
- A large group of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers sit or stand in rows on the snow near Camp Hale, Colorado. Probably they are waiting for manuevers to begin.
- Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1944
- Eleven skitroopers
- Eleven Tenth Mountain Division soldiers pose on skis for a photograph with pine trees and snow covered mountains in the background. Fifth from left is Earl D. Cloud Jr. of the 85th Regiment, Company B. The men wear khaki pants and sweaters. Most...
- Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Cloud, Earl D.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1944
- Maneuvers
- Tenth Mountain Division soldiers on snowshoes during maneuvers, near Camp Hale, Colorado. Shows two groups each on a different trail passing through a snow filled valley near snow covered pine trees.
- Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1944
- Skitrooper at Sugarloaf, Colorado
- A Tenth Mountain Division skitrooper poses on the skislope at Sugarloaf, near Camp Hale, Colorado. He is wearing a cap, sunglasses, a khaki skioutfit and boots with gaiters. In the background are snow covered mountains.
- Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1944
- Tough couple of weeks, problems, etc, Cooper Hill
- A large group of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers holding skis, and wearing knapsacks stand in a snowy clearing on Cooper Hill, near Camp Hale, Colorado. In the background, a few mules wait with the men; probably taken during the maneuvers called D...
- Mules--Colorado--1940-1950.; Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1944
- View of Eagle Creek and Camp Hale
- View of Eagle Creek and barracks at Camp Hale, Colorado. Some Tenth Mountain Division soldiers are investigating the gravel beside the creek.
- Barracks--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1944
- Three 10th men at the door of the 110th Signal Corps Company Barracks, Camp Hale
- Three Members of the Tenth Mountain Division, 110th Signal Corps Company, stand outside the door of their barracks at Camp Hale, Colorado. The man on the far right is the photographer (William A. "Bill" Southworth). All are in uniform and one is...
- Military life--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Photographers--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Signal Corps.
- [1943 or 1944]
- Our climbing outfits, just plain GI
- A Tenth Mountain Division soldier poses as he climbs a large rock formation. He has a coil of rope at his hip that hangs down out of the picture frame. He is wearing a helmet, a khaki field jacket and pants, and boots with gaiters.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Rock climbing--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Rock climber
- View taken from above of a Tenth Mountain Division soldier rock climbing at Camp Hale, Colorado. He is wearing a helmet and khaki uniform.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Rock climbing--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Snow shoe training
- A group of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers on snow shoes climbs up a snowy hill toward the camera. They are wearing winter camouflage uniforms, known as "whites" and carrying heavy knapsacks. In the distance, a second line of soldiers is visible...
- Military training--1940-1950.; Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1943-1944]
- Three soldiers at Camp Hale, Colorado
- Three unidentified Tenth Mountain Division soldiers pose for a photograph at Camp Hale, Colorado. They are dressed for winter training. All are wearing caps, sunglasses, sweaters, and wool pants. All have knapsacks and are carrying rifles. Snow...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Winter training
- A group of approximately nine Tenth Mountain Division soldiers on a winter training march at Camp Hale, Colorado. All are carrying rifles and wearing caps and parkas. Snow is on the ground.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Wooden bridge, Camp Hale, Colorado
- View of skitroopers testing an experimental wooden bridge built by the Tenth Mountain Division, Engineering Battalion at Camp Hale Colorado. A line of men are crossing the bridge and more troops wait below. Snow covers the ground.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Setting up camp, Colorado
- A large group of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers set up small tents in the middle of a grassy field in the mountains in Colorado during training.
- Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Soldiers wearing "whites" during training at Cooper Hill, Camp Hale, Colorado
- Six Tenth Mountain Division soldiers pose for a group photo in the snow during training on Cooper Hill in Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. They wear white anoraks, khaki pants and red armbands to mark their team during war games. Bobby Lathrop...
- Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Lathrop, Bobby.; Lundby, Gerald.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1943-1944]
- Soldier in a snow trench with sleeping bag
- View of a sunburned Tenth Mountain Division soldier posing for a photograph in a snow trench with his sleeping bag in front of him. It is placed on top of pine boughs. Taken near Camp Hale, Colorado.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military life--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Bridge over Eagle Creek, Camp Hale, Colorado
- View of a wooden bridge over Eagle Creek. The barracks at Camp Hale are on the left, beside a wide dirt road, poles for electricity or telephone wires follow both the road and the creek. In the distance on the right side of the creek are various...
- Eagle Creek (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Barracks--Colorado--1940-1950.; Bridges--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1943-1944]
- Card game
- Eight Tenth Mountain Division soldiers sit on the ground playing a card game. All are wearing khaki uniforms and caps.
- Military life--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- 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...
- Military life--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1943-1944]
- David B. Allen in "whites"
- Portrait of David B. Allen in his "whites" or winter uniform posed in the same postion as the "Ski Trooper" cover of the Saturday Evening Post. He is crouching close to the ground and carrying a knapsack with a white cover, a rifle and is holding...
- Barracks--Colorado--1940-1950.; Military camps--Colorado--1940-1950.; Photographers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1943-1944]
- David B. Allen
- Portrait of the photographer in front of the door to a barracks. He is wearing a cap and a field jacket and is standing in such a manner that the Tenth Mountain Division insignia, "the mountain patch," on his sleeve faces the camera.
- Photographers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Eleven skiers in "whites" ascending a slope
- Eleven Tenth Mountain Division soldiers wearing white camouflage uniforms or "whites" and brown knapsacks ascend a mountain slope during training, near Camp Hale, Colorado. Taken from a distance the photograph gives an indication of the the...
- Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1943-1944]
- Four "Mountaineers" hiking through the golden aspens
- Four Tenth Mountain Division soldiers, also known as "Mountaineers," walk down a trail lined with golden aspen trees; they wear knapsacks and khaki uniforms.
- Military life--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Mess hall, Camp Hale, Colorado
- View of the tables set with white ceramic plates for a meal in a mess hall at Camp Hale, Colorado. One Tenth Mountain Division soldier is setting a table in the center of the image. Pictures are placed on the walls in between the windows and a pot...
- Mess halls--Colorado--1940-1950.; Military life--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1943-1944]
- Mountaineering above camp
- A Tenth Mountain Division Solder uses a rope to climb a rocky cliff. He is wearing a helmet and field jacket. An orderly camp is visible in the valley below.
- Rock climbing--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Mountaineering training
- Four Tenth Mountain Division soldiers practice rock climbing skills, including hoisting bundles with ropes. In the foreground, a soldier holds one end of a rope and a bundle is suspended above his head. Behind him, another soldier is holding a...
- Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Rock climbing--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- On the way
- A Tenth Mountain Division soldier practices ski jumping, which was officially forbidden, on a ski slope near Camp Hale.
- Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; Skiing--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Silhouette of soldier with rifle
- Silhouette of a Tenth Mountain Division soldier in helmet and rifle with a sunset or sunrise in the background.
- Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Seven men with three mules, Camp Hale, Colorado
- Seven Tenth Mountain Division soldiers pose for a photograph at Camp Hale, Colorado. All are in uniform and carrying knapsacks. The two men on the left are carrying rifles and the second from the left is wearing a cap, not a helmet like the other...
- Military camps--Colorado--1940-1950.; Mules--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1943-1944]