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- 87th Mountain Infantry Battalion (reinforced), Company A
- Group Portrait of 87th Mountain Infantry Battalion (reinforced), Company A. Taken at Fort Lewis, Washington, 1942. This was the first mountain troop unit. The men sit on bleachers with barracks behind them, two groups wear white camouflage...
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Battalion, 87th. Company A.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- 1942
- Lt. General von Senger (left foreground) discussing surrender terms with Maj. Gen. Hays and B.G. Don Carlton [sic], 5th Army, Verona, Italy.
- German Lt. General Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin, commander of the German 14th Panzer Corps; 10th Mountain Division commander, Major General George P. Hays; and Brigadier-General Don Emerson Carleton, Chief of Staff 5th Army, Italy, discuss the...
- World War, 1939-1945--German--Surrenders.; Verona (Italy)--1940-1950.; Generals--American--Italy--Verona--1940-1950.; Generals--German--Italy--Verona--1940-1950.; Surrenders--German--Italy--Verona--1940-1950.; Carleton, Don Emerson, 1899-1977.;...
- 1945 May 3
- 10th moves through Badia, Italy
- A loosely organized column of eleven Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Mountain Infantry, 2nd Battalion, soldiers enter the town of Badia, during the Italian Campaign. The stone buildings are slightly damaged.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [April or May] 1945
- Engineers rest behind a tank destroyer during an assult, Castel D'Aiano, Italy
- Ten Tenth Mountain Division 126th Mountain Enginers rest behind a tank destroyer on a mountain road while taking cover from German sniper fire. Those closest to the tank destroyer stand and sit upright while those farther from cover lie flat on the...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Tanks (Military science)--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- March 3, 1945
- Explosion used to detonate German mines
- A black cloud from an explosion rises in the middle ground of the image. Leafless trees and snow covers the ground. In the background buildings stand on the ridge above the valley in the vicinity of Mount Belvedere during the Italian Campaign....
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Explosions--Italy--1940-1950.; Mines (Warfare)--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 21, 1945
- GIs dug in near Sassomolare, Italy
- Men from the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company K, dig in on a ridge north of Sassomolare. According to the caption, they are protecting the left flank of the main column moving up the Porretta-Moderna Highway, a few...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th. Company F.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- March 4, 1945
- Litter bearers evacuate wounded on Mount Belvedere, Italy
- Two soldiers from the Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Regiment, 1st Battalion, walk in front of a wounded soldier on a litter carried by five others. According to the caption the soldier had been wounded in the attack on Mount Belvedere during the...
- Medicine, Military--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 20, 1945
- Loading a 37mm pack gun to a pack mule
- A soldier from the 1st Battalion, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Tenth Mountain Division ties the ropes fastening a part of 37-mm pack gun onto an American pack mule during the Italian Campaign. According to the caption the piece weighs 22 pounds...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Mules--Italy--1940-1950.; Pack animals--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th.
- April 16, 1945
- Unloading supplies from Po River crossing near San Benedetto, Italy
- Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Mountain Infantry, Service Company soldiers with a boxes on their shoulders walk away from the northern banks of the Po in the San Benedetto area during the Italian Campaign. On the beach behind them are stacks of...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Po River (Italy)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- April 24, 1945
- Men, mules and ammunition move forward
- Three men from the Tenth Mountain Division, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company H (wearing combat fatigues and helmets, and carrying rifles) walk down a country road lined with leafless trees. One leads a pack mule bearing supplies. More mules...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Mules--Italy--1940-1950.; Pack animals--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th.
- April 14, 1945
- Radioman during mortar barrage, Della Vetta, Italy
- Two soldiers from the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Regiment, Company K during a mortar barrage on Mount Della Vetta during the Italian Campaign. The soldier standing at the edge of the slope is a radioman who (according to the caption) was...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- March 3, 1945
- Reconnaissance of Po River from banks near San Benedetto, Italy
- Three Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Mountain Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Headquarters Company soldiers make a reconnaissance of the Po River at its banks near San Benedetto during the Italian Campaign. The banks of the river are flat. Part...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Po River (Italy)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th.
- April 23, 1945
- Reinforcements move up the ridge, Mount Belvedere in background, Italy
- A line of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers climb up a ridge wearing helmets, combat fatigues, large knapsacks during the Italian Campaign. According to the caption the peak of Mount Belvedere rises in the distance. The ground is partially covered...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 21, 1945
- Men from two divisions meet at Resia Pass, Austrian-Italian border
- Patrols from two divisions meet at the Austrian-Italian border taken from the Austrian side. A sign with "HALT! Grenzkontrolle" is placed on the right side of a wide dirt road. A small wooden barrier marks the border. Seven GIs from the Seventh...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th. Company F.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- May 7, 1945
- Tank destroyer advances along a mountain road, Italy
- Three soldiers of the 701st Tank Destroyer Battalion advance a tank destroyer mounted with three inch guns along a mountain road located, according to the caption, in the Mount Terminale area. The 701st was attached to the Tenth Mountain Division...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Tanks (Military science)--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- March 3, 1945
- Tramway on Riva Ridge, Italy
- View of the tramway (loaded with supplies, an Army officer, an Army photographer, and Sergeant Paul Long) on Riva Ridge, Italy, during the Italian Campaign. Also pictured, a group of approximately 10 other soldiers stand on the landing deck or man...
- Medicine, Military--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Aerial tramways--Italy--1940-1950.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 21, 1945
- Returning from the frontlines
- In a view taken from above, twenty-nine Tenth Mountain Division soldiers march around a curve in a road towards a bridge over a small creek. A covered truck is begining its crossing as a soldier driving a camuflaged weasle (a treaded mitlitary...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1945 February 22
- Troops aboard the Marine Fox return to New York Harbor
- Hundreds of Tenth Mountain Division Troops fill the U.S.S. Marine Fox as it enters New York Harbor. All are wearing light khaki uniforms. Most of the men are face the camera. Two other ships are in the background.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--New York--1940-1950.; Troop movements--New York--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1945
- Troops along Lake Garda south of Bardolino, near Verona, Italy
- A group of Tenth Mountain Division, 86th Infantry Regiment, Company C soldiers walk in a loose formation along the banks of Lake Garda, south of Bardolino in the Verona Area during the Italian Campaign. In the background the mountainous slopes...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th. Company C.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- April 26, 1945
- Wounded men cross snowy field to the Battalion Aid Station, Mount Belvedere, Italy
- Eight men walk in a straight line on a trail across a snow covered field. According to the caption, they are both walking wounded and a litter squad, accompanying a wounded enemy soldier on a litter to the Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Mountain...
- Medicine, Military--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 20, 1945
- Medical Aid Station on Mount Belvedere, Italy
- Tenth Mountain Division medical aid station on Mount Belvedere. Groups of litter bearers wait for calls to bring in the wounded near a tent set up as an aid station. In the distance troops move toward the front lines during the Italian Campaign.
- Medicine, Military--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 21, 1945
- View of Riva Ridge with jeep, Italy
- View of Riva Ridge lightly dusted with snow. In the foreground a covered jeep is parked pointing toward the mountains along a gravel road. An open field covered with snow and some woods fill the middle ground.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [February] 1945
- Main entrance, Camp Swift, Texas
- View of the Main Entrance at Camp Swift Texas. A military police man allows a Bell Telephone car to pass through gate number one. A small building and the other part of the gate is in the background. The Tenth Mountain Division was stationed here...
- Camp Swift (Tex.)--1940-1950.; Military police--Texas--Camp Swift--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Texas--Camp Swift--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th. Company F.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- August 6, 1944
- Headquarters Company 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment
- FRONT ROW 1) Frank, Loren M., 2) unidentified, 3) Galson, Walter L., 4) Vigil, Andres, 5) unidentified, 6) unidentified, 7) Anthenian, Conrad, 8) unidentified, 9) Willford, Edward, 10) (First Sergeant), 11) Wilmot, Leon, 12) unidentified, 13)...
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.; Fort Carson (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.
- between 1942 December and 1943 January
- Apennine Mts., Italy enemy terrain from Riva Ridge, Castel D'Aiano to Vergato, IV Corps sector
- Aerial view of the Apennine Mountains, the Reno River and Reno Valley, and the towns of Castel d'Aiano and Vergato in Bologna Province, Italy.
- World War, 1939-1945.; Apennines (Italy)--1940-1950.; Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Castel d'Aiano (Italy)--1940-1950.; Reno River (Italy)--1940-1950.; Reno River Valley (Italy)--1940-1950.; Vergato (Italy)--1940-1950.; Cities &...
- 1945 March 13
- Men on howitzer
- Members of the 87th Mountain Regiment pose on and near a captured Japanese artillery gun bunker on Kiska Island in the Aleutian Islands. Several men sit on the howitzer's barrel; sandbags are in the wooden reinforced open bunker.
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Kiska Island (Alaska)--1940-1950.; Artillery (Weaponry)--Japanese--Alaska--Kiska Island--1940-1950.; Bunkers--Alaska--Kiska Island--1940-1950.; Howitzers--1940-1950.;...
- 1943
- Co. G 86th Inf. preparing to fire practice round
- Two soldiers on maneuvers, members of Company G of the 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, prepare to fire a practice round with 60 mm mortar from Resolution Mountain in Eagle County, Colorado. The men, identified as Thomas Boulson and Howard...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Military personnel.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mortars (Ordnance)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Colorado--Eagle County--1940-1950.; War games--Colorado--Eagle County--1940-1950.; Boulson, Thomas J.;...
- 1944 April 3
- Company D of 85th Mountain Infantry, 10th Mountain Division
- Members of Company D of the 85th Mountain Infantry, 10th Mountain Divison wind their way up Mount Belvedere in Bologna Province, Italy. The men are in uniform and carry packs, rifles, mortars and boxes of ammunition. Some of the men smoke...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Arms & armament--American--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Campaigns & battles--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.;...
- 1945 February 21
- Apennine Mts., Italy ridge line from (left) Mount della Spe to village of Suzzano, IV Corps
- Aerial view of Monte della Spe and the village of Suzzano in the Apennine Range in Bologna Province, Italy. Shows cultivated land, stone farm buildings, and roads on the slope of the mountain.
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Monte della Spe (Italy)--1940-1950.; Cropland--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Farms--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; United...
- 1945 April 13
- Vedetta, Italy, three members of Co. K, 87th Mountain Inf., 10th Mountain Div. cover house in background
- Members of Company K of the 87th Mountain Infantry crouch behind a tree on the slopes of Monte della Vedetta in Bologna Province, Italy. One of the men covers a distant house with his Browning automatic rifle. Captured German soldiers are near the...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Monte della Vedetta (Italy)--1940-1950.; Campaigns & battles--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Farmhouses--Italy--Bologna (Italy :...
- 1945 March 3
- Pfc. Lawrence Lucas
- Private First Class Lawrence Lucas, 604th Field Artillery, 10th Mountain Division, rests close to the front lines during the Italian Campaign in Bologna Province, Italy. He sits and washes his feet in his helmet. Clothing, boots, field rations,...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Bathing--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Campaigns & battles--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Helmets--1940-1950.;...
- 1945 April 16
- Signal Corps photo from "Yank"
- Soldiers, members of Company C, 87th Mountain Regiment, walk in file through fields in Bologna Province, Italy. The men carry rifles, ammunition, packs and canteens. Shows blooming fruit trees and a farm house in the distance.
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Campaigns & battles--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; United States....
- 1945 April
- The first casualty of World War II evacuated by a tramway arrives at the end of his four-minute journey.
- Medics and soldiers move towards a dead man on a stretcher hanging from a small temporary aerial tramway built by the members of the 126th Mountain Engineers at Riva Ridge in Bologna Province, Italy. The medics wear helmets with crosses painted on...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Casualties--American--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province); Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Aerial tramways--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Dead persons--Italy--Bologna (Italy :...
- 1945 February 21
- Colorado World War I Selective Service Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
- The Colorado registration cards are on 40 rolls of microfilm (v.1 through v.40), Denver Public Library catalog number G973.91, W893co. The draft registration cards are arranged alphabetically by county or city. Within the county or city, names are...
- 2005
- WWI Colorado Draft Registration Cards
- Index to the World War I Draft Registration Cards for Colorado between the years of 1917-1918. During World War I there were three registrations. The first, on June 5, 1917, was for all men between the ages of 21 and 31. These men were born...
- World War, 1914-1918--Colorado.; Colorado--Genealogy--Sources.; Denver (Colo.)--History, Military.; United States. Selective Service System--Sources.; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918.; United States....
- 2005
- 10th Mountain Division Name Lookup Index
- Database of 32,213 records of men who served with the “Mountain Troops” from 1941-1945. You may use the Name Lookup Index to determine if a person was a member of the 10th Mountain Division, and the company or Regiment with which he served.
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; National Association of the 10th Mountain Division, Inc.; Military records.; Colorado--Genealogy
- 2002