Call NumberTMD-197Date1942SummaryGroup Portrait of 87th Mountain Infantry Battalion (reinforced), Company A. Taken at Fort Lewis, Washington, 1942. This was the first mountain troop unit. The men sit on bleachers with barracks behind them, two groups wear white camouflage uniforms, two mules flank the group on either side. Left to right top row: 1) Unidentified, 2) Unidentified, 3) Unidentified, 4) Unidentified, 5) Unidentified, 6) Unidentified, 7) Unidentified, 8) Unidentified, 9) Unidentified, 10) Unidentified, 11) Unidentified, 12) Unidentified, 13) Unidentified, 14) Unidentified, 15) Unidentified, 16) Unidentified, 17) Whittemore, 18) Walsh, Harry, 19) Unidentified, 20) Unidentified, 21) Unidentified, 22) Unidentified, 23) Unidentified, 24) Unidentified, 25) Unidentified, and 26) Unidentified.; Left to right second row, main section:1) Unidentified, 2) Unidentified, 3) Unidentified, 4) Unidentified, 5) Unidentified, 6) Unidentified, 7) Unidentified, 8) Unidentified, 9) Unidentified, 10) Unidentified, 11) Unidentified, 12) Unidentified, 13) Bates, Gilbert or William? 14) Sigman, Eugene, 15) Unidentified, 16) Unidentified, 17) Unidentified, 18) Unidentified, 19) Unidentified, 20) Unidentified, 21) Unidentified, 22) Unidentified, 23) Unidentified, 24) Galson, and 25) Unidentified. Left to right front row, main section: 1) Jones, 2) Erickson, Brigadier General, 4) Unidentified, and 5) Unidentified.; Left to right third row main section: 1) Unidentified, 2) Unidentified, 3) Unidentified, 4) Unidentified, 5) Unidentified, 6) Unidentified, 7) Unidentified, 8) Unidentified, 9) Unidentified, 10) Unidentified, 11) Unidentified, 12) Unidentified, 13) Unidentified, 14) Unidentified, 15) Unidentified, 16) Unidentified, 17) Unidentified, 18) Unidentified, 19) Unidentified, 20) Unidentified, 21) Unidentified, 22) Unidentified, 23) Unidentified, 24) Unidentified, 25) Hoyt, David, 23) Unidentified, 27) Unidentified, and 28) Unidentified.Physical Description1 negative ; 2 x 4 cm (3/4 x 1 1/2 in.); 1 photographic print : black and white ; 20 x 50 cm (7 1/2 x 19 3/4 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectMilitary personnelUnited States. Army. Mountain Division, 10thUnited States. Army. Mountain Infantry Battalion (Reinforced), 87th. Company AWorld War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United StatesType of MaterialFilm negativesGroup portraitsPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromFort Lewis SentinelOriginal Material Found in Collection10th Mountain Division Resource Center Collection. Unit PhotographsNotesIdentification by Dick Whittemore, Walter Galson and anonymous sources, see manuscripts, 10th Mountain Division Resource Center. Negative number 952. Photographic print folded in the center and missing emulsion in lower left corner. Title supplied by cataloger. R7002001971
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