10th Mountain Infantry Division
The 10th Mountain Infantry Division was one of the most celebrated outfits of World War II. They were elite soldiers, selected for their experience at skiing and mountain climbing and highly trained in the demanding terrain around Camp Hale, Colorado. After training at Camp Hale for several years, the soldiers of the 10th Mountain Infantry Division were shipped to Camp Swift in Texas for additional training with heavy weapons.
The 10th was the last division sent to Europe in WWII, arriving in Italy in early January of 1945. Compared to many other units, they served in combat for a very short time, but they took on some of the toughest assignments of the warn and suffered an unusually high percentage of casualties.
1. Visit the 10th Mountain Infantry Division Veteran's Web site.
2. Visit the 10th Mountain Division Descendant's Web site.
3. View or print PDF files with histories of 10th Mountain Regiments:
a. History of the 85th Regiment
b. History of the 86th Regiment
c. History of the 87th Regiment
4. Wikipedia's entry on the 10th Mountain Infantry Division.
5. Read more about the overall effort to take the Northern Apennine Mountains.
6. Learn more about the Po Valley Campaign from April 5 to May 8, 1945.
7. Visit the 10th Mountain Infantry Division Living History Web site.
8. Learn more about the current 10th Mountain Infantry Division.
9. Photos of the US Military Cemetery in Florence Italy where many of the young soldiers from the 10th Mountain Infantry Division are buried.
10. Patch of the 10th Mountain Infantry Division.
Copyright 2007 by Dan Oja