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- Pvt. Barney Lane of Whitwell, Tenn.
- Private Barney Lane, a member of the 10th Infantry Division, Battery C, 727th AAA Machine Gun Battalion, poses in the snow next to a 50 caliber machine gun at Camp Hale in Eagle County, Colorado. He wears a uniform with a heavy coat, helmet, wool...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Military personnel.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Machine guns--1940-1950.; Military training--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Snow--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Colorado--Camp...
- 1944 March 28
- 10th Mountain troops debark at Leghorn, Italy
- Uniformed artillerymen, members of the 10th Mountain Division, descend a gangplank from a transport ship in the city of Livorno, Italy. The men wears uniforms and carry packs, duffel bags and rifles. Open army trucks are filled with soldiers on a...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles--Italy--Livorno.; World War, 1939-1945--American--Destruction & pillage--Italy--Livorno.; Livorno (Italy)--1940-1950.; Gangplanks--Italy--Livorno--1940-1950.; Government...
- 1945 January 24
- Tank destroyer firing near Mt. Belvedere.
- Night view of probably an M10 Tank Destroyer firing on enemy positions in the area of Mount Belvedere (Monte Belvedere) in the Province of Bologna, Italy. The tank is near a two story stone building.
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province); Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Night warfare--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Night--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.;...
- 1945 February 20
- Kiska Island, Alaska unloading supplies at the Southern Sector Command Post.
- United States Army soldiers, members of the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment , camp on the shore of a cove on Kiska Island, Alaska, after it was retaken by allied troops near the end of the Aleutian Islands Campaign. Tracked amphibious landing...
- World War, 1939-1945--Amphibious operations--Alaska--Kiska Island.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns & battles--Alaska--Kiska Island.; Kiska Island (Alaska)--1940-1950.; Camping--Alaska--Kiska Island--1940-1950.; Cliffs--Alaska--Kiska...
- 1945 August 16
- Engineers of the 701st Tank Destroyer Bn. 10th Mountain Div. search for mines
- A soldier with a mine detector hunts for buried mines near a damaged M10 Tank Destroyer near Mount Della Torraccia in Bologna Province, Italy. Soldiers stand with equipment and supplies on top of the tank. Parts of the damaged tank are on the...
- Mines (Military explosives)--Detection--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province); Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Mine warfare--Italy--Bologna...
- 1945 February 22
- First American ponton bridge across Po River at San Benedetto Po, Italy
- Major General Willis D. Crittenberger and other high ranking officers watch the 5th Army, 1554th Engineering Heavy Ponton Battalion complete the first ponton bridge (an M-2 Treadway pontoon bridge) built across the Po River at San Benedetto Po...
- World War, 1939-1945--Engineering & construction--Italy--San Benedetto Po.; San Benedetto Po (Italy)--1940-1950.; Bridge construction--Italy--San Benedetto Po--1940-1950.; Military occupations--American--Italy--San Benedetto Po--1940-1950.; Pontoon...
- 1945 April 25
- Homeward bound
- United States Army Private Robert Durbeck, a member of the 10th Mountain Division, smiles and sits in a telephone booth and makes a call. He wears a uniform and combat boots.
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Military personnel.; Conversation--1940-1950.; Smiling--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--1940-1950.; Telephone booths--1940-1950.; Durbeck, Robert.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1945
- Mount Belvedere in southern Italy, captured by the Allies, looms on the left.
- Two members of 10th Mountain Division string telephone wire over the branch of a tree near Mount Belvedere (Monte Belvedere) in Bologna Province, Italy. The men wear uniforms and helmets. One of the men has climbed the tree; he has a rifle slung...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province); Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Telecommunication lines--Italy--Bologna (Italy :...
- 1945
- Ski trooper
- A ski trooper from the 15th Infantry Regiment poses in test equipment at Paradise on Mount Rainier in Pierce County, Washington. The soldier has a cartridge belt and holds a rifle and wears a loose fitting jump-suit with a hood, and booties tied...
- World War, 1939-1945--Military personnel--Washington (State)--Pierce County.; Paradise Park (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Pierce County (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Military training--Washington (State)--Pierce...
- 1941
- C Co. 85th, Camp Hale
- Uniformed soldiers, members of Company C of the 85th Infantry Regiment, pose on skis and snowshoes at Camp Hale in Eagle County, Colorado. The men on skis squat and hold ski-poles. Two of the men wear pullover parkas with fur lining.
- World War, 1939-1945--Military personnel--American--Colorado--Camp Hale.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military training--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Ski troops--American--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Snowshoes &...
- 1944
- Original Co. B, 126th Combat Engineers
- Members of the B company of the 126th Mountain Engineer Battalion pose near barracks at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. The men wear uniforms and helmets and have gas masks in cases slung over their shoulders. The men are identified as: "Row 1...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Military personnel.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th. Mountain Engineer Battalion, 126th.
- [1944?]
- 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
- 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
- 10th Mountain Division ski trooper
- Photomechanical reproduction of a painting shows a ski trooper with the 10th Light Division (Alpine) [later renamed the 10th Mountain Division] kneeling in snow and holding a rifle. He has on skis and wears dark snow goggles and a winter jump suit...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Ski Troopers--American--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Saturday evening post.
- 1943
- Field radio telephone
- A soldier from the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale stands near a rock ledge and talks on a large radio telephone in Eagle County, Colorado. The radio telephone unit is on a large rock. The radio is in a case and has a tall antenna.
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Military personnel.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Radiophones--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--Eagle County--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [between 1944 and 1945?]
- Officer's table, Co. F party (86th)
- Officers from Company F of the 86th Infantry Division pose near a table loaded with beer bottles and dirty dishes at a party. Sketches of nude women and large paper or fabric rosettes are mounted on the wall. The men are in uniform and are...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Military officers--American--1940-1950.; Parties--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th.
- 1944 May
- PFC John David McGrath, ASN 31 326 858, Born July 4, 1924, KIA April 14, 1945
- Studio bust portrait of Private First Class John David McGrath, member of the 10th Mountain Division, killed in action April 14th 1945. McGrath wears a uniform and a tie.
- World War, 1939-1945--Casualties--American.; Soldiers--American--1940-1950.; War casualties--1940-1950.; McGrath, John David, 1924-1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [between 1944 and 1945?]
- Col. David Fowler, Regimental Commander, 87th Infantry Regt., 10th Mountain Division
- Bust portrait of Colonel David M. Fowler, Regimental Commander of the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment and 10th Mountain Division. He wears a uniform and his hair is combed back.
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Military personnel.; Military officers--American--1950-1960.; Fowler, David M., U.S. Army Colonel.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.
- 1954
- Picture taken by a lady who I passed on the street I held the baby for her.
- Private Jay H. Brower, a soldier in Company B of the 87th Mountain Infantry Division, poses with a baby near a residential street in Denver, Colorado. He wears a uniform and a crush cap.
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Infants--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Brower, Jay H., member 10th Mountain Division.; United States. Army. Mountain Division,...
- 1943
- Apennine Mountains, Italy
- Photograph of three photographs taped together to show a panoramic view of the Apennine Mountains in Bologna Province, Italy. Shows Monte della Spe and the cliffs of Roca di Roffeno.
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Monte della Spe (Italy)--1940-1950.; Rocca di Roffeno (Italy : Mountain)--1940-1950.; Mountains--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Panoramic...
- 1945 March 13
- Riva Ridge from vicinity of Querciola on approach to Belvedere
- View of farm buildings and snow covered fields in Bologna Province, Italy. Riva Ridge (Pizzo di Campiano-Monte Mancinello) is in the distance.
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles--Italy.; Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Farms--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Mountains--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1945]
- Cave del Predil, Italy Headquarters 86th Inf. 10th Mt. Div.
- View of Cave del Predil in Udine Province, Italy. Shows plastered buildings with tile roofs. An arrow in the painting points to a three story building and identifies it as the Headquarters of the 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment of the 10th Mountain...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Military occupations--Italy--Cave del Predil.; Cave del Predil (Italy)--1940-1950.; Julian Alps (Slovenia and Italy)--1940-1950.; Buildings--Italy--Cave del Predil--1940-1950.; Cities & towns--Italy--Cave del...
- 1945 May 25
- Bretto di Sotto, typical Italian-Yugoslavian town
- View of the village of Log pod Mangartom (Bretto di Sotto) in a valley near the Italian border in Slovenia. Shows multi-story buildings with hipped roofs, a church and houses. The Julian Alps are in the distance.
- World War, 1939-1945.; Julian Alps (Slovenia and Italy)--1940-1950.; Log pod Mangartom (Slovenia)--1940-1950.; Cities & towns--Slovenia--Log pod Mangartom--1940-1950.; Mountains--Slovenia--Log pod Mangartom--1940-1950.; United States. Army....
- 1944
- The valley of the Isonzo and the Plezzo plain
- View of the Isonzo [Soča] River as is exits the Julian Alps into the Isonzo valley (Plezzo Basin) in Slovenia. A road is near the river. Bluffs are in the distance.
- World War, 1939-1945.; Isonzo River (Slovenia and Italy)--1940-1950.; Julian Alps (Slovenia and Italy)--1940-1950.; Rivers--Slovenia--1940-1950.; Valleys--Slovenia--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1945?]