Call NumberTMD-139CreatorBingham, Roy O.DateFebruary 1945SummaryA company of the 85th Regiment, twelve in number, moves out across a ridge on Mount Belvedere while a larger group of roughly twenty Tenth Mountain Division soldiers wait in reserve, some in fox holes the rest in sheltered positions, including a medic, a man looking at his watch, and a few sleeping. There is a small patch of snow on the ground and a stand of leafless trees and mountain peak in the distance.Physical Description1 photonegative ; 10 x 12 cm (3 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectCampaigns & battles--ItalySoldiers--United StatesUnited States. Army. Mountain Division, 10thUnited States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86thWorld War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--ItalyGeographic AreaItalyCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage file: ZZR700200139; Blizzard.Type of MaterialFilm negativesOriginal Material Found in Collection10th Mountain Division Resource Center CollectionTMD68. Henry I. Moscow papersNotesA cropped version of the photograph showing the company moving out was published in Blizzard, February 27, 1945, page 2 with headline "The mountaineers go into action."; Number 47 hand written on original negative envelope. Title supplied by cataloger. R7002001395
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