Men from two divisions meet at Resia Pass, Austrian-Italian border
Alternate Title
10th Mountain Division Resource Center Collection; Photograph Album 15B; Album placed in TMD60 Walter L. Galson Papers
Summary
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 Army, 44th Division, 324th Infantry Regiment, rush to meet a patrol of four Tenth Mountain Division soldiers on the Italian side of the border during the Italian Campaign.
Date
May 7, 1945
Notes
"A Patrol of the 324th Infantry Regiment, 44th Division, U.S. Seventh Army, rush up to greet their comrades of the 10th Mountain Division, U.S. Fifth Army, at the gates where they were doing border patrol duty, at Resia Pass, Austrian-Italian boarder." Date typed on reverse.; "Signal Corps Photo # ETO-HQ-45-36344 (Tec 5 Louis Weintraub) from 163 Sig Photo Co., released by field censor 5-10-45. Lot 11352 rjh" typed on reverse.; For physical location, see Photograph Album 15B, Walter L. Galson, or Andrew Hastings Oversized Print number 10; Signal Corps negative number SC267541; Title supplied by cataloger.; Vintage photographic print.; R7002003850
Description
1 photoprint ; 20 x 25 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Is Part Of
10th Mountain Division Resource Center Collection.
Subject
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.
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
