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- Torre Iussi: "Hell on Earth"
- Torre Iussi controlled the approaches to Hill 903 and was strongly defended by German troops. It was a major objective for troops of the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Regiment, 1st Battalion. The battle for it lasted all day April 14, 1945; on...
- Monte Sinistro (Italy)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Torre Iussi (Italy)
- April 1945
- Troops homebound by ship
- Tenth Mountain Division troops fill the entire frame, except for a small triangle of water in the upper right corner; troops are returning by ship to the U.S.A. All are in uniform, most wear helmets and some wear life vests. Some are reading, some...
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Troop movements--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1945
- 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 learn of Final Victory, Torbole, Italy
- Standing in a plaza in Torbole, Italy, Tenth Mountain Division troops learn of the final victory from General George P. Hays. The top officers use a DUWK (an amphibious army boat-truck) as a stage. Crossing behind them is an Italian man with a...
- Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Hays, George P.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- May 3, 1945
- Troop B & C
- Troops B and C of the Colorado National Guard pose on horseback for a group portrait at probably Camp Goldfield in Victor (Teller County), Colorado during the Western Federation of Miners strike. The men wear uniforms, hats and gauntlets and pose...
- Colorado. National Guard.--People--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Miners'...
- [1903]
- 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
- Dr. Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic explorer near an igloo, at Camp Hale, Colorado
- Arctic explorer, Dr. Vilhjalmur Stefansson stands beside an igloo in a snowfield at Camp Hale, Colorado. He taught lessons in snow-craft to the Tenth Mountain Division.
- Igloos--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th. Company F.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- Septembeer, 1943
- Marker on spot of Thornburgh Battle ground, monument, Sept 24 to Oct. 5 - 1879
- View of a weathered sandstone marker commemorating the battle between Major Thomas T. Thornburgh's troops and Native American Utes at Milk Creek, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Inscription reads: "In Memory Of Officers, Soldiers And Civilians Of The...
- Thornburgh, Thomas Tipton, 1843-1879--Monuments.; Indians of North America--Colorado--1920-1940.; Milk Creek (Rio Blanco County and Moffat County, Colo.), Battle of, 1879--Monuments.; Ute Indians--War--Colorado--1920-1940.;...
- [between 1927 and 1940?]
- Ludlow strike
- Coal miners marched into Trinidad from Ludlow to confront the federal troops during the UMW labor strike against CF&I, Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows men, with rifles, boys, and tents in camp San Rafael.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1913 or 1914
- Miners who marched into Trinidad from the black hills around Ludlow
- Coal miners, with Mike Lavoda third from left, marched into Trinidad from the Black Hills outside of Ludlow to confront the federal troops during the UMW labor strike against CF&I, Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows men with rifles, Mt. San Rafael...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 or 1914
- A scene from the Boy Scout Memorial Day Parade, which was held at this center on May 30
- Japanese boy scout troops stand in formation around a United States flag at half mast on the grounds of the Granada Relocation Center, Camp Amache, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. Most of the boys wear uniforms with scarves, some have hats,...
- Japanese--Capture & imprisonment--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Detention facilities.; World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners.; Amache (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Detention facilities--Colorado--Amache--1940-1950.; Political...
- 1943 May 30
- Navajo brave and his mother
- A Native American (Navajo) man and his mother pose outdoors in either Arizona or New Mexico. He holds a bow and arrow.
- Bow and arrow--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Navajo Indians--1870-1880.; Warriors--1870-1880.; Women--1870-1880.
- 1873
- Field Marshall Alexander
- British Field Marshall Alexander speaks to troops from the 3rd Battalion of the 87th Regiment. He stands on a grassy knoll, some officers behind him, including one wearing the Tenth Mountain Division patch who could possibly be General George P....
- Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Hays, George P.; Alexander of Tunis, Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, Earl, 1891-1969.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War,...
- June 1945
- Houses at Bocca Di Ravari, Italy
- Houses at Bocca Di Ravari, just beyond Torre Iussi at the base of Hill 903. German troops held the houses and maintained a sweeping line of fire from there. The field to the right of the image was filled with mines. It was extremely difficult for...
- Bocca di Ravari (Italy)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 1945
- Monte Belvedere from Vidiciatico, Italy
- View of Monte Belvedere from Vidiciatico, Italy taken the day before the attack. Shows the ridge, which extends from the summit on the right and ends at Rocca Coronetta on the left, that the troops of the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Regiment,...
- Monte Belvedere (Italy)--1940-1950.; Vidiciatico, Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 19, 1945
- Marching column in the Po Valley
- The Tenth Mountain Division troops march through the Po Valley in a narrow column that avoided larger cities as they head toward the Po River, near Baggazano, Italy, with large numbers of German troops on either side.
- Baggazano (Italy)--1940-1950.; Po River Valley (Italy)--1940-1950.; Troop movements--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 1945
- Platte Bridge Indian battle, 1865
- View of the Battle of Platte Bridge at Platte Bridge Station (later Fort Caspar), on July 26, 1865, near present day Casper (Natrona County), Wyoming. United States Army troops stand near both ends of the bridge over the North Platte River, to...
- United States. Army--1860-1870.; Arapaho Indians--War--Wyoming--Natrona County--1860-1870.; Cheyenne Indians--War--Wyoming--Natrona County--1860-1870.; Dakota Indians--War--Wyoming--Natrona County--1860-1870.; Indians of North...
- 1933
- 10th Mountain Division ski troops
- Uniformed ski troops, members of the 10th Mountain Division, sit and stand on a rocky mountain slope near a snow field in probably Northern Italy. Opened cans and clothing are scattered on the ground.
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Ski troops--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1945]
- 10th Mountain Division ski troops
- Uniformed ski troops, members of the 10th Mountain Division, stand near a rocky mountain slope and snow field in probably Northern Italy. One of the men carries skis and holds ski poles.
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Ski troops--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1945]
- 1896 Ballenger & Richards 24th Annual Denver City Directory
- Margaret Bourke-White photographing ski troops
- Margaret Bourk-White, photographer for Life magazine, faces away from the camera in this image of her photographing four Tenth Mountain Division soldiers skiing in Italy. All the skiers wear white camouflage coats, three carry rifles and one wears...
- Mountain warfare--Italy--1940-1950.; Ski troops--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [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
- Ski troops during rifle training, Fort Lewis, Washington
- Three men from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (reinforced) in dark colored winter uniforms lie on the snow and aim their rifles out from behind a low barrier of snow.
- Fort Lewis (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Fort Lewis--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- January 29, 1941
- Skitroops from Company C line up for Mount Rainier Test Expedition support, Washington
- Skitroops from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced), Company C form a line while holding a rope in a snow covered field on Mount Rainier. According to the photographer, the troops are preparing to support the equipment testing...
- Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Ski troops--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [May 1942]
- Oregon, the Modoc war, Captain Jack and his followers checking the advance of Union troops in the lava beds.
- Reproduction of a lithograph; Native American (Modoc) men with Captain Jack hide in the upper Lava Beds during the Modoc War of 1872-73 in northern California. Union troops advance in the valley below them.
- Indians of North America--California--1870-1880.; Modoc Indians--Wars, 1873--California.; Soldiers--California--1870-1880.
- 1873
- Strikers at Trinidad awaiting federal troops
- Coal miners prepare to confront federal troops during the UMW labor strike against CF&I, in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado. They hold rifles, with pistols in their ammunition belts, and wear kerchiefs in support of the strike.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 or 1914
- At Trinidad awaiting federal troops
- Coal miners marched into Trinidad from Ludlow to confront the federal troops during the UMW labor strike against CF&I, Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows men, boys and tents in Camp San Rafael.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1913 or 1914
- Miners at Trinidad awaiting federal troops
- Coal miners prepare to confront the federal troops during the UMW labor strike against CF&I, in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado. They hold rifles, with pistols in their ammunition belts, and wear kerchiefs in support of the strike.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 or 1914
- U. S. troops at Louisville, Colo.
- Camp of U. S. troops, called in to suppress the UMW strike against RMFC, near Louisville, Boulder County, Colorado.
- Rocky Mountain Fuel Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Louisville (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Military camps--Colorado--Louisville--1910-1920.; Military personnel--Colorado--Louisville--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- May, 1914
- Otto Lang trng. film
- Otto Lang, director of a training film for the Army Ski Troops which would later become the 10th Mountain Division, stands on snowshoes in Sun Valley, Idaho. A member of the 15th Infantry Ski Patrol stands nearby on skis. The men wear facemasks and...
- Sun Valley (Idaho)--1940-1950.; Military training--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Motion picture production & direction--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Ski troops--American--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Lang, Otto, 1908-; United States. Army....
- [1942]
- Uncle Sam's last Indian war - sketches with the United States troops in southern Arizona and Northern Sonora
- Sketches of Native American Chiricahua Apaches and U.S. Army troops on Captain Crook's campaign from cover of Graphic, titles include: "A Ranche Guard," "Apaches Ambushing a Ranch," "Apache Types," "An Arizona Ranger," "U.S. Cavalryman,"...
- Chiricahua Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--1880-1890.; Soldiers--1880-1890.
- 1887?
- Grand review, U.S. troops after surrender of Indians at Pine Ridge Agency, S.D.
- A large group of U.S. troops on horseback is in the midground in front of a large Native American camp near Pine Ridge, South Dakota. A group of pack mules with packs on their backs is in the right midground. Numerous covered wagons are lined up...
- Indians of North America--Structures--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Cavalry--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Grand review, U.S. troops after surrender of Indians at Pine Ridge Agency, S.D.
- Many U.S. troops march in rows in front of a large Native American camp near Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Numerous teepees are in the distance in the camp at the base of a ridge of hills.
- Indians of North America--Structures--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Cavalry--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Fort Yates, troops in formation on parade ground
- Fort Yates (formerly Standing Rock Agency), North Dakota, with uniformed troops in formation on parade ground; barracks or wooden frame buildings in background.
- Fort Yates (N.D.)--1870-1890.; Forts & fortifications--North Dakota--1870-1890.; Military facilities--North Dakota--1870-1890.; Military parades & ceremonies--1870-1890.
- [between 1874 and 1889]
- Fort Yates, parade ground, troops in foreground
- Group of troops at Fort Yates, North Dakota, gathered on parade ground. Thirty eight soldiers, in uniform, most holding rifles. In background are barracks, officers' houses and other buildings.
- Fort Yates (N.D)--1880-1890.; Forts & fortifications--North Dakota--1880-1890.; Military facilities--North Dakota--1880-1890.; Military parades & ceremonies--North Dakota--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- General Hays speaking to troops, Torbole, Italy
- Using a DUWK (an amphibious army boat-truck) as a stage in the city of Torbole, Italy, General George P. Hays informs a large group of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers of the final victory over all German armies in Italy and southern Austria on May...
- Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Hays, George P.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945 May 3
- Troops on the move in woods, Italy
- Tenth Mountain Division troops on the move in the Italian woods. Roughly twenty soldiers walk single file far into the distance, some carry shovels in addition to their rifles and rucksacks. The trees are leafless.
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Troop movements--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Troops move out from village, Italy
- Approximately twenty Tenth Mountain Division troops wearing rucksacks and carrying rifles move out from an Italian village. The road leads toward mountains in the distance. Trees in the village have leaves.
- Military life--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1940-1950.; Troop movements--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Otto Lang training film in Sun Valley
- Members of the Army Ski Troops (later the 10th Mountain Division) ski on a hillside while filming a training film in Sun Valley (Blaine County), Idaho. The men wear white winter jackets and caps and carry rifles and rucksacks. The Sawtooth...
- Sawtooth Mountains (Idaho)--1940-1950.; Sun Valley (Idaho)--1940-1950.; Infantry--American--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Military training--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Motion picture industry--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Ski...
- 1941
- Possibly Sun Valley
- A member of probably the Army Ski Troops (later the 10th Mountain Division) skis in deep snow in a mountain clearing near possibly Sun Valley (Blaine County), Idaho. He holds ski poles and wears a rucksack.
- Sun Valley (Idaho)--1940-1950.; Infantry--American--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Military training--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Motion picture industry--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Ski troops--American--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.;...
- ca. 1941 or 1942
- Otto Lang training film in Sun Valley Ray Zoberski, Aerojais (sp.), Marty Ariaga (i.e. Arriaga), Arnold Faucus, Tom Hill.
- Members of the Army Ski Troops (later the 10th Mountain Division) stand near a large gnarled pine tree during filming for an Otto Lang training film near Sun Valley (Blaine County), Idaho. The men stand on skis and wear dark blue pants with winter...
- Sun Valley (Idaho)--1940-1950.; Infantry--American--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Military training--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Motion picture industry--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Ski troops--American--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; United...
- 1941
- MacNamara [i.e. McNamara] demonstrating climbing tech. with a Swiss shoulder belay MGM training film in Sun Valley.
- Members of the Army Ski Troops (later the 10th Mountain Division) watch as a man identified as McNamara demonstrates the use of a "Swiss" shoulder belay in rock climbing for an MGM training film in Sun Valley (Blaine County), Idaho. The men wear...
- Bald Mountain (Blaine County, Idaho)--1940-1950.; Sun Valley (Idaho)--1940-1950.; Climbing--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Infantry--American--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Military training--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Motion picture...
- 1942
- Arnold Faucus (foreground) w / film crew a one track snowcat, steered with skis from behind the cab.
- Arnold Faucus and ski troops, members of the Mountain Division, 15th Infantry Ski Patrol (later 10th Mountain Division), and an MGM film crew stand or sit on the back of a trailer pulled by a snowcat during the filming of a training film near Sun...
- Blaine County (Idaho)--1940-1950.; Infantry--American--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Military training--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Motion picture industry--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Ski troops--American--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.;...
- 1942
- East High spotlight: vol 29 no 24
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942 November
- Western History Subject Index
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- Western History Subject Index
- U.S. United States Army
- Western History Subject Index
- U.S. United States Army
- Western History Subject Index
- U.S. United States Army
- Western History Subject Index
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