Company D of 85th Mountain Infantry, 10th Mountain Division
Alternate Title
10th Mountain Division Resource Center collection; Photograph Album 15A; Album placed in TMD60 Walter L. Galson Papers
Creator
United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Date
1945 February 21
Summary
Members of Company D of the 85th Mountain Infantry, 10th Mountain Division 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 cigarettes. The ground has patches of snow; a grove of bare trees is in the distance.
Description
1 photographic print ; 20 x 24 cm. (8 x 9 1/2 in.)
Is Part Of
10th Mountain Division Resource Center Collection.
Subject
World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles; Bologna (Italy : Province); Arms & armament--American--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province); Campaigns & battles--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province); Soldiers--American--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province); United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
Walter L. Galson.
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR700200647
Notes
Attribution and publication information stamped on verso.; Title stamped on verso with: "forms an unusual pattern as it winds its way up the face of Mt. Belvedere carrying heavy mortars amd ammunition to throw against the stubbornly resisting enemy who the night before was forced to give up Mt. Belvedere, which commands route 64, one of the main approaches into Bologna. U.S. Fifth Army, Mt. Belvedere Area, Italy."; R7002006476
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