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- Camp Hale, Colo.
- A view of Camp Hale, the training headquarters of the Tenth Mountain Division, in the Pando Valley in Eagle County, Colorado. Shows barracks. A Denver and Rio Grande Western train with two locomotives is seen in the distance near a mountain.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military camps--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1944
- Pando?, Camp Hale during construction
- View of Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado, the training headquarters of the Tenth Mountain Division. Shows a Denver and Rio Grande Western freight train with trucks backed up to it. The barracks are visible at the base of the mountain in the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military camps--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1942
- Troop train entering Camp Hale
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande Western troop train entering Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. Shows a mountainous landscape with rock formations.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [between 1942 and 1945?]
- 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.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Barracks--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military camps--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1942 and 1945?]
- Flooring in ? Ad. Building
- Construction workers build a frame foundation for possibly an administration building at Camp Hale in Pando (Eagle County), Colorado. Barracks buildings are nearby in the valley. Men wear overalls, work boots and hats.
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Camp...
- [1942 between April and November]
- Roofing and sidings of Ad. Building
- Workers are on the gabled roof or scaffolding of an administration building under construction near Pando at Camp Hale in Eagle County, Colorado. Shows men in overalls and hats and lumber stacked beside the building.
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Camp...
- [1942 between April and November]
- Camp Hale construction
- View of roads, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks, the Eagle River, and buildings in Pando (Eagle County), Colorado during construction at Camp Hale. Shows flood water near the river in the valley.
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Eagle River (Colo.)--1940-1950.;...
- [1942 between April and November]
- New river channel in back of hospital area
- View of a river bed in Pando at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado, probably during construction of a new channel for the Eagle River. A crane is near the ditch and dirt is piled on the sides of the trench. Mountains are in the distance.
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Eagle River (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Channels--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.;...
- [1942 between April and November]
- New river channel
- Construction workers stand in a trench or beside construction equipment near Pando in Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. An excavator, in the re-routed Eagle River bed, reads "CA Switzer 3." Men wear overalls and hats. Shows Denver and Rio Grande...
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Eagle River (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Channels--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Construction...
- [1942 between April and November]
- New river channel back of hospital area
- Construction workers stand in trench excavated to re-route the Eagle River near Pando at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. An excavator reads: "Platt Rogers, Pueblo, Colorado No.1" and a crane is in the distance. Shows workers and trucks in the...
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Eagle River (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Channels--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Construction...
- [1942 between April and November]
- Formation Parade, Camp Hale, Colorado
- Shows a large formation parade in the center of a field at Camp Hale, Colorado. A color guard marches with flags while Tenth Mountain Division soldiers stand in large ranks behind them. The barracks are on the left side of the image and a stable on...
- Snow plows--Colorado--1940-1950.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military camps--Colorado--1940-1950.; Military parades & ceremonies--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Three skitroopers above Camp Hale
- Three Tenth Mountain Division soldiers cross-country ski above Camp Hale. They appear in silouette in the foreground of the image with the Pando Valley and Camp Hale, Colorado, brightly lit by the sun, in the background. Visible in the air above...
- Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [February] 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]
- 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
- Supplies during maneuvers
- A cache of supplies stored during manuevers held by the Tenth Mountain Division near Camp Hale, Colorado. Boxes of supplies are roughly stacked in the shade of some pine trees. In the sun some soldiers are standing beside supplies and a "weasel" or...
- Military supplies--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- February 1944
- D Series
- Pack mules graze on a snowy hill during D Series winter training maneuvers held by the Tenth Mountain Division near Camp Hale, Colorado. Buildings, men and temporary buildings are in a field.
- Mules--Colorado--1940-1950.; Pack animals--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- Spring 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
- 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
- Pack mules during D Series
- A line of pack mules loaded with wooden crates, moves through the snowy pine woods guided by a Tenth Mountain Division soldier riding a mule. The mules were transporting supplies during the winter maneuvers called D Series held near Camp Hale.
- Mules--Colorado--1940-1950.; Pack animals--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [Spring 1944]
- Phil O'Rourke, me 1943 in whites
- The photogapher is posed in his "whites" or winter camouflage uniform, holding his skis and poles with his rifle strapped over his shoulder. Snow and pine trees are visible behind him.
- Military uniforms--1940-1950.; Photographers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1943
- Pill box
- A Tenth Mountain Division soldier moves past a pill box, located near Camp Hale, Colorado. Barbed wire fills the foreground and the hills in the background are covered with pine and leafless aspen trees. He is wearing a khaki uniform, with a cap...
- Military uniforms--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; 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
- Queen of the May
- Three Tenth Mountain Divsion soldiers dressed as women, in tight sweaters, short skirts and army boots, stand in the snow. The one closest to the camera is wearing a gun hoster around his waist and a wig made from a mop.
- Military life--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
- Skitroopers in the distance
- Three Tenth Mountain Division soldiers in "whites" or winter camouflage uniforms ski in a line through pine trees on a gentle slope during army maneuvers held near Camp Hale, Colorado.
- Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1944]
- Tennessee Pass train engine at Pando, Colorado
- View of a train engine and box cars at Pando, Colorado. The white buildings near the base of the mountains are probably part of Camp Hale, the training headquarters of the Tenth Mountain Division. The image is divided by a closeup view of a rifle.
- Railroads--Colorado--Pando--1940-1950.; Rifles--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 Camp Hale dismantled
- View of Camp Hale, the former headquarters of the Tenth Mountain Division, dismantled. Shows a few of the remaining barracks amid foundations and empty streets in the Pando Valley.
- Military camps--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1945
- View of Camp Hale dismantled
- View of Camp Hale after the barracks had been dismantled. Shows a group of Quonset huts in the center of the valley amid the foundations and old streets of the former headquarters of the Tenth Mountain Division. Snow in the valley is melted and...
- Military camps--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1945
- 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
- View of Camp Hale dismantled
- View of Camp Hale after it had been dismantled, taken from a road. At the edge of the hills some buildings remain, and one of the old white barracks stands in the center of the valley amid the foundations of the rest. Snow in the valley is melted...
- Military camps--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1945]
- 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]
- Corner of A and 18th streets, Camp Hale, Colorado
- View taken from the corner of A and 18th streets, Camp Hale, Colorado, showing the streets signs, barracks and a jeep. The aspen trees on the surrounding hills have spring leaves.
- Military camps--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]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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]
- Skiers moving upslope
- Shows a group of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers on skis moving uphill over a snowy path. They are wearing khaki pants and anoraks and caps and carrying rifles. The sourrounding pine trees are covered with snow.
- Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1943-1944]
- Soldiers with mules in Camp Hale
- A Tenth Mountain Division soldier stands holding a mule at Camp Hale, Colorado. The mule is wearing a pack saddle, with two cases on top that are secured with rope. The soldier holding the mule is also wearing a knapsack with a waterbottle and...
- Barracks--Colorado--1940-1950.; 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]
- Three skitroopers at Camp Hale
- Three Tenth Mountain Division soldiers pose in their "whites" or winter uniforms. All are wearing helmets and two are carrying skis and poles. Taken at Camp Hale, Colorado.
- Military uniforms--Colorado--1940-1950.; Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1943-1944]
- Train passing through the Pando Valley above Camp Hale
- A train passes through the Pando Valley above Camp Hale, the training headquarters of the Tenth Mountain Division. Thick smoke marks the location of the train. The aspen trees on the hill have spring leaves. Two soldiers in khaki walk down a street...
- Military camps--Colorado--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Pando Valley--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1943-1944]
- Two skitroopers in "whites" at Cooper Hill, Camp Hale, Colorado
- Two Tenth Mountain Division skitroopers on skis coming out of the snowy woods. The man on the left is wearing a red armband, which marks his team during war games. Taken during training at Cooper Hill.
- Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1943-1944]
- Two skitroopers on the slopes
- Two Tenth Mountain Division skitroopers, Red Fallon and Mel Sutton, pose on a slope near Camp Hale, Colorado. They are wearing white camouflage uniforms with fur lined hoods and are carrying rifles. Another soldier is visible in the distance and in...
- Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1943-1944]
- Two soldiers near a snowbank
- Two Tenth Mountain Division Soldiers stand near a snow bank, at their feet is a piece of equipment that could possibly be the Kennedy mortar sight, which was developed by a soldier at Camp Hale. Both men are wearing white pants and khaki shirts....
- Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1943-1944]
- View of Camp Hale in the Pando Valley, Colorado
- View of Camp Hale in the Pando Valley, Colorado. It was the mountain training headquarters of the Tenth Mountain Division, 1943-1944. In the foreground the nearby hills are covered with aspen and pine trees, the aspens are leafless. In the...
- Military camps--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1943-1944]
- View of Camp Hale, Colorado
- View of Camp Hale, Colorado, the training center of the Tenth Mountain Division, taken from the surrounding hills. Snow covers the tops of the mountains, rocks in the foreground an areas in the camp.
- Military camps--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1943-1944]
- View of heavy equipment at Camp Hale
- View of heavy equiment, tractors, and "weasels" parked at Camp Hale, Colorado, the training headquarters of the Tenth Mountain Division.
- Military vehicles--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1943-1944]
- 60mm. mortar practice, Camp Hale
- Four men, members of the 10th Mountain Division C Company Mortar Squad, kneel or lie on the ground as they prepare to fire a practice round with a 60 mm. mortar near Camp Hale in Eagle County, Colorado. Shows dust from an explosion on a hillside...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Military personnel.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military training--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Mortars (Ordnance)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; United States. Army....
- 1944
- CWO A. G. Finn
- Chief Warrant Officer A. Gardner Finn, a member of the 10th Mountain Division, 110th Signal Corps, leans against a "weasel" snow-track (snowcat) vehicle (an M-29 cargo carrier) near Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. He wears a loose jacket and...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Tracklaying vehicles--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Finn, A. Gardner (Aloysius Gardner); United States. Army....
- 1944 April