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- Skiers lunch at Resolution Pass
- Three Tenth Mountain Division soldiers have a picnic lunch in the snow at Resolution Pass, Colorado. The man in the center looks like the photographer, Jack Caldwell. According to him, his squad, part of the 86th Regiment, Company L, was noted for...
- Picnics--Colorado--1940-1950.; Photographers--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--Resolution Pass--1940-1950.; Caldwell, John C.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943
- 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
- Bivouac
- View of a Tenth Mountain Division camp somewhere in Italy. Taken from the top of a hill one soldier is visible in the right hand corner of the image. On the hillside below are thirteen tents in rows. Beyond the camp a road winds through a valley.
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Breaking Camp
- View of a group of over fifty Tenth Mountain Division soldiers breaking camp somewhere in Italy.
- Military camps--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Clean-up
- At least three Tenth Mountain Division soldiers wash themselves at a fountain biside a road in Italy. The fourth person is hidden by one of the soldiers; he could be an Italian or another American soldier. An orchard is behind the fountain and...
- Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Combat
- View showing a Tenth Mountain Division camouflaged gun emplacement in Italy. In the distance is an Italian town with stone buildings on rolling hills.
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Fox holes
- View of foxholes lining an italian hillside. Small groups of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers work or rest around their fox holes. Men in jeeps drive down a road in the middle of the image. Trees on the hill are leafless, but the ground is covered...
- Foxholes--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Grapes and olives
- View of grape vines and olive trees encountered by the photographer while serving in the Tenth Mountain Division during the Italian Campaign.
- Grapes--Italy--1940-1950.; Olive trees--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Italian hill town
- An Italian hill town, possibly Vidiciatico, encountered by the photographer while serving in the Tenth Mountain Division during the Italian Campaign. The ground is covered with snow.
- Vidiciatico (Italy)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Jerry droppings!
- An Italian civilian examines a large German gun abandoned along the street in an unidentified Italian city. A large treaded vehicle is parked behind the gun. Tenth Mountain Division soldiers are visible walking down the street away from the camera.
- Military vehicles--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Moving up!
- A mule climbs a steep trail carrying a bale of hay. The mule handlers might be Italian Alpini, who assisted the Tenth Mountain Division during the Italian Campaign. Other men climbing the trail are wearing U.S. Army helmets. One man is shirtless...
- Mules--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Prisoners accumulating!!!
- View of prisoners being held by a Tenth Mountain Division soldiers during the Italian Campaign. Hundreds of prisoners sit on the pavement in an unidentified Italian town. Two soldiers sit in a jeep facing the group. Three more soldiers wait near a...
- Prisoners of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Town still in Jerry hold
- View of a small Italian town on a hill, which according to the photographer was still held by the Germans when he encountered it while serving in the Tenth Mountain Division and took the photograph. Another town is visible on a hill in the...
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Under fire, fresh shell holes
- A group of about twenty-five Tenth Mountain Division soldiers are under fire in this image taken during the Italian Campaign. The men are in an open grassy field and are either crouched in the grass or bent over looking at the ground. White smoke...
- Battlefields--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Street in Italian hill town
- View of a street in an unidentified Italian town taken from above. Tenth Mountain Division soldiers are visible walking along the street below. Snow covers the red tiled roofs and the surrounding hills.
- Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Veraccio?
- View of a an Italian town, possibly Veraccio. All the buildings have suffered heavy damage from artillery or bombing. This town was one of the towns the Tenth Mountain Division encountered during the Italian Campaign. Steep mountains rise in the...
- Veraccio (Italy)--1940-1950.; War damage--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- F Company squad, Italy
- Tenth Mountain Division, 86th Battalion, F Company Squad posing for a photograph in Italy. The Squad members are all wearing helmets and brown sweaters or khaki field jackets. All are carrying their weapons. All have rifles except one man, the...
- Bow and arrow--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- 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
- Old Black Forest schoolhouse
- View of the old Black Forest schoolhouse located at 6770 Shoup Road, Black Forest (El Paso County), Colorado. The school closed in 1945 and became a county maintenance facility. The chinked log cabin with white shutters is on a new cement...
- Black Forest School (Black Forest, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Black Forest (Colo.)--1990-2000.; One-room schools.; Black Forest School (Black Forest, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Rural schools--Colorado--Black Forest--Pictorial works.; Historic...
- 1995
- St. Anne's Catholic Church, Grand Lake, Colo.
- View of St. Anne's Catholic Church located at 219 Hancock Street, Grand Lake, Colo. The parish was founded on June 28, 1944 by Father Thomas Patrick Barry of County Clare, Ireland. The current Church was once the private chapel of Martin J....
- St. Anne's Catholic Church (Grand Lake, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Catholic church buildings--Colorado--Grand Lake--2000-2010.; Grand Lake (Colo.)--2000-2010.; St. Anne's Catholic Church (Grand Lake, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Catholic church...
- 2005
- F Company on Riva Ridge
- Five Tenth Mountain Division soldiers, members of the 86th Regiment, Company F, make preparations in the snow on Riva Ridge behind a screen of bushes. Four wear white coats and one wears khaki. More mountain peaks are in the distance.
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th. Company F.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.; Riva Ridge...
- [1945]
- Po Bridge
- Shows pontoon bridge over the River Po. Two Tenth Mountain Division soldiers drive a jeep loaded with boxes. Four more loaded jeeps drive through a cut in an embankment. Twelve soldiers sit nearby or stand ready to work near the bridge. Italian...
- Bridges--Italy--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Po River (Italy)
- [1945]
- 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]
- Po bridge
- View of a pontoon bridge under construction on the Po River, in Italy. The bridge is being constructed by the Tenth Mountain Division's Engineering Battalion. Construction is progressing from each side bank of the river towards the center. A truck...
- Bridges--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Po River (Italy)
- [April] 1945
- Garda
- View of Lake Garda encountered by the photographer while serving in the Tenth Mountain Division during the Italian Campaign.
- Lakes & ponds--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Garda, Lake (Italy)--1940-1950.
- [May] 1945
- Along Lake Garda
- Shows a long line of more than thirty Tenth Mountain Division soldiers waiting for food. The chow-line snakes up a steep street in an Italian town; a few men are eating around a covered jeep. Above the town is a rugged mountain covered with snow;...
- Military cookery--Italy--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.; Soldiers--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- April 1945
- Action in the Po Valley
- Eleven Tenth Mountain Division soldiers crouch in a lush green field as smoke rises from a nearby explosion at the end of the field near some trees and houses.
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Po Valley (Italy)
- April 1945
- Lake Garda
- View of Lake Garda, Italy, taken while the photographer was serving in the Tenth Mountain Division during the Italian Campaign.
- Lakes & ponds--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Garda, Lake (Italy)--1940-1950.
- April 1945
- Zeroing in on a U.S. tank
- Two U.S. Army tanks on a road through rolling grass-covered hills in Italy. German artillery fire is coming close to the lead tank; a white puff of smoke is visible very close to it. Taken while the photographer was serving with the Tenth Mountain...
- Military vehicles--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 1945
- Duryea Morton on the Atlantic Ocean
- Portrait of the photographer with the Atlantic Ocean behind him. Taken on the U.S.S. Marine Fox, which was transporting Tenth Mountain Division troops back to the United States after the end of the Italian Campaign.
- Transports--1940-1950.; Photographers--1940-1950.; Troop movements--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- August 1945
- Duryea Morton, shipboard
- Portrait of the photographer taken on-board the U.S.S. Marine Fox, which was enroute to the United States after the end of the Italian Campaign. Behind him are other, unidentified, Tenth Mountain Division soldiers.
- Transports--1940-1950.; Photographers--1940-1950.; Troop movements--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- August 1945
- Shipboard boat drill on the U.S.S. Marine Fox
- Tenth Mountain Division troops during a boat drill on-board the U.S.S. Marine Fox, en route to the United States after the end of the Italian Campaign. Shows boats hanging from davits from the side of the ship.
- Transports--1940-1950.; Troop movements--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- August 1945
- Troops during a shipboard boat drill on the U.S.S. Marine Fox
- Tenth Mountain Division troops during a boat drill by davits on the U.S.S. Marine Fox, which was enroute to the United States after the end of the Italian Campaign.
- Transports--1940-1950.; Troop movements--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- August 1945
- Troops viewing the Statue of Liberty
- Troops look toward the Statue of Liberty on the right and a ship on the left as they enter New York harbour on-board the U.S.S. Marine Fox, which was enroute to the United States after the end of the Italian Campaign. According to the photographer,...
- Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.)--1940-1950.; Transports--1940-1950.; Troop movements--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- August 1945
- Welcome ship, New York Harbor
- The Welcome ship that greeted the Tenth Mountain Division troops returning to the United States on-board the U.S.S. Marine Fox in New York Harbor. The ship is flying flags and carries a sign that reads: Welcome home, well done. A band is playing on...
- Transports--1940-1950.; Troop movements--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- August 1945
- After Riva Ridge
- Three Tenth Mountain Division soldiers take a break near a stream after the battle for Riva Ridge. One of the three soldiers is identified by the photographer as Shaw. The soldier farthest from the stream is standing near his knapsack on a...
- Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- Along top of Riva Ridge
- View along the top of Riva Ridge taken from above. The Tenth Mountain Division captured the ridge from the Germans on February 18-19, 1945. Snow covers the ground.
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- Belvedere
- View of Monte Belvedere, Italy. The mountain was the first objective for the Tenth Mountain Division during the Italian Campaign.
- Mountains--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Belvedere, Battle of, 1944.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- Kenny Molenaar regarding the Mount of the Holy Cross, Colorado
- Snapshot portrait of Tenth Mountain Division soldier, Kenny Molenaar taken as he sits on a rock looking up at the snow covered face of the Mount of the Holy Cross, according to the photographer's caption. He is wearing a cap, a khaki uniform, and...
- Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Molenaar, Kenny.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 1945
- Mo and Friend
- Portrait of the photographer with his arm around an Italian woman. He is not wearing a shirt, only khaki pants. She is wearing a red sweater and a blue skirt. Behind them another man wearing a brown shirt looks on. Taken while the photographer was...
- Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 1945
- Shelled church at Castel D'Aiano, Italy
- View of the church at Castel D'Aiano, Italy, showing artillery damage. The walls are heavily damaged and a pile of bricks lays at the base of the building, with its pink plastered walls. An arch and the town clock tower are still standing. The...
- Churches--Italy--1940-1950.; War damage--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 1945
- Schuck
- Portrait of the photographer with a cigar in his mouth, he holds a donkey by its ears near an orchard in Italy. Unidentified Tenth Mountain Division soldiers look on in the background. All are wearing khaki uniforms and boots.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Donkeys--Colorado--1940-1950.; Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Photographers--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- March 1945
- Blown bridge
- View of a brige that had suffered artillery damage in Italy. Around the bridge is an orchard; a few buildings are on the other side of it. Taken while the photographer was serving in the Tenth Mountain Division during the Italian Campaign.
- Bridges--Italy--1940-1950.; War damage--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- May 1945