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  • View of Caporetto, Italy
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    View of Caporetto taken from a road. To the right of the road are some stone buildings and farm fields, farther in the distance is the town. Behind the town are foothills and a church built in the hills. Rugged mountains lie directly behind the...
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    Caporetto (Italy)--1940-1950.; Mountains--Italy--1940-1950.
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    June 10, 1945
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  • Bogged tank, Italy 1945
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    curved road. Trees and shrubs near the tank and on the higher hills are leafless.; Shows a frontal view of six Tenth Mountain Division soldiers in a tank on a steep and rocky road on Mt. Belvedere, Italy. All wear helmets, except one who seems to...
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    Mountain warfare--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Tanks (Military science)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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    [February] 1945
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  • GI painting sign Headquarters 10th Mountain Division, Italy
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    Sgt. John K. Coyle painting sign for Tenth Mountain Divison Headquarters in steep mountainous area during Italian Campaign. Trees are leafless; foot trails and sandbags in background.
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    Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Coyle, John K.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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    [1945]
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  • Debby with Doughnuts
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    View of Deborah Bankart of the American Red Cross making doughnuts with an automatic baking machine. The machine is the size of a large stove and doughnuts emerge through a shute where she picks them up with two sticks and arranges them in neat...
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    Doughnuts--Italy--1940-1950.; Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Bankart, Deborah.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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    February 1945
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  • Arial view of Rocca di Roffeno
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    Arial view of Rocca di Roffeno, Italy, and the Apennines behind including Mt. Mantino (far right) and Sette Croci (near right) with the town of Cereglio in the distance (right). Flowering trees in foreground. This area was the scene of a drive on...
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    Rocca di Roffeno (Italy)--1940-1950.; Mountains--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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    [April 1945]
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  • Explosive hits Germans near Monte della Spe
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    High explosives hit German-held positions in the shadow of Monte della Spe, Italy, which is hidden by smoke. Taken during the Tenth Mountain Division's third major battle on either April 14th or 15th, 1945.
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    Monte della Spe (Italy)--1940-1950.; Mountains--Italy--1940-1950.; War destruction & pillage--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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    [April 1945]
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  • Troop ship docking in U.S.A.
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    Tenth Mountain Division troops fill every available space on the lower deck of a troop ship, as it docks in the U.S.A. Dock has sign: Welcome home, well done. Another ship is docked; the land nearby appears flat and industrial with a water tower...
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    Troop movements--1940-1950.; Warships--United States--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
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    [1945]
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  • GI shaving in foxhole using helmet as basin
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    Tenth Mountain Division soldier, Pfc. Ralf Lamping shaves in his foxhole using his helmet as a basin during the Italian campaign. In the background is a pile of miscellaneous equipment, and leafless trees.
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    Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1945.; Lamping, Ralf.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
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    [1945]
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  • Checkpoint on Italian border
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    Truckload of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers heads away from the camera toward a checkpoint. Three soldiers are waiting at the building beside checkpoint; rugged mountains and pine forest are in background. Sign reads: Italian military or...
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    Mountain warfare--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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    [1945]
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  • Easter, 1945
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    have budding leaves.; One of many Easter services held on Appenine mountainsides by the Tenth Mountain Division April 1, 1945; conducted by Caplain William H. Bell for the 605th Artillery Battalion at Rocca Pitigliano. A large group of soldiers sit...
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    Rocca Pitigliano (Italy)--1940-1950.; Religious services--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Bell, William H.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
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    1945 April 1
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  • Gang plank
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    Six Tenth Mountain Division soldiers walk along a gang plank fully loaded with baggage, wearing uniforms, helmets and carrying rifles; probably boarding ship in Italy bound for the U.S.A.
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    Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Troop movements--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
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    [1945]
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  • Protestant Easter Service in Appennines, Italy
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    background are trees and buildings.; Members of the Tenth Mountain Division, 605th Artillery Battalion, attend a Protestant Easter religious service at Rocca Pitigliano, Italy, conducted by Chaplain William H. Bell. In the foreground, four men bow...
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    Rocca Pitigliano (Italy)--1940-1950.; Religious services--Italy--1940-1950.; Bell, William H.; Squires, Ralph.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
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    April 1, 1945
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  • GI in foxhole with equipment, Italy
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    Tenth Mountain Division soldier, Pfc. Charles Herman smiles from foxhole, surrounded by miscellaneous equipment. Trees in background are leafless.
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    Foxholes--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Herman, Charles.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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    [1945]
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  • Group portrait aboard Meigs
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    Eleven unidentified Tenth Mountain Division soldiers sit for a group portrait at the stern of the USAT Meigs. All but one wear life vests. Another ship sails behind them on the right.
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    Transports--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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    January 1945
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  • Troops boarding the Meigs
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    Three Tenth Mountain Division soldiers board the USAT Meigs on their way to Italy loaded with gear and carrying meal tickets. Gear includes: dufflebag, rucksack, small bag, and rifle. The uniform consists of: helmet, jacket, sweater, pants, and...
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    Transports--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Troop movements--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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    January 1945
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  • Decorating graves, Castelfiorentino, Italy
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    Shows group of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers decorating the graves of their comrads at the American Military cemetery in Castelfiorentino, Italy; probably after the memorial services held April 6, 1945.
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    Cemeteries--Italy--Castelfiorentino--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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    [April 6, 1945]
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  • General Hays making an award, Italy
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    General George P. Hays commander of the Tenth Mountain Division in Italy shakes a soldiers hand in a field with an Italian farm on a hill in the background.
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    Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Hays, George P.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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    [1945]
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  • Portrait of Allied generals
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    Rugged mountains form a backdrop for a group portrait including British Field Marshal Alexander, Tenth Mountain Division General George P. Hays, and unidentified Allied generals. The group had a luncheon in the tent in the background.
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    Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Hays, George P.; Alexander of Tunis, Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, Earl, 1891-1969.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War,...
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    June 1945
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  • Three Blizzard staff members, Italy
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    Three members of the Tenth Mountain Division newspaper, "The Blizzard," staff stand beneath a leafy tree in a plaza in an Italian town somewhere north of Campo Tizzoro. Left to right are: Sgt. Frank K. Kappler, T/4 Henry I. Moscow, and H. Richard...
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    Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Kappler, Frank K.; Moscow, Henry.; Shea, Dick.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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    [1945]
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  • Soldiers eating around a jeep
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    Five Tenth Mountain Division soldiers eat their chow around a jeep in a heavily shelled Italian town. One bites into a piece of food and holds an opened can with a spoon in it while standing beside the jeep. The second sits behind the steering...
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    Soldiers--United States--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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    [1945]
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  • Troops homebound by ship
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    Tenth Mountain Division troops fill the entire frame, except for a small triangle of water in the upper right corner; troops are returning by ship to the U.S.A. All are in uniform, most wear helmets and some wear life vests. Some are reading, some...
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    Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Troop movements--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
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    1945
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  • Blizzard staff on ship to Europe
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    A group portrait of the Blizzard staff on the ship to Europe. Each man is posed as though he is doing his job around a small table. Staff are: T/5 H. Richard Shea, T/4 Henry I. Moscow, 1st Lt. Muldrow Garrison, Sgt. Frank K. Kappler, T/5 W. David...
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    Military life--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Troop movements--1940-1950.; Judson, Dave.; Kappler, Frank K.; Moscow, Henry.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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    [1945]
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  • Blizzard staff photographer, Italy
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    Portrait of a photograper with a pencil thin mustache wearing army uniform, helmet and carrying a 4x5 camera with flash. Taken as he bites into a piece of bread [?]. The photographer is Pfc. Bill Thompson.
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    Photographers--1940-1950.
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    [1945]
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  • Men on leave in Venice
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    Three Tenth Mountain Division soldiers on leave take a ride in a gondola in Venice, Italy, after the end of the war.
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    Venice (Italy)--1940-1950.; Military life--Italy--Venice--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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    [1945]
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  • Field artillery observation crew
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    Group portrait of eleven members of the field artillery observation crew attached to the Tenth Mountain Division in front of a plane at an airfield in Italy.
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    Artillery (Troops)--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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    [1945]
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  • Honor guard on horseback
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    General Harding of the British 13th Corps reviews a Tenth Mountain Division Reconnaissance Unit Guard of Honor that is mounted on horseback. The guard of honor rings a small plaza, a building is at one end and men watch from the windows, other...
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    Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Military parades & ceremonies--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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    [1945]
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  • Scene in Italian Farmhouse
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    Shows six people in an Italian farmhouse, including a woman knitting, and small boy. Col. David M. Fowler, commander of the 87th Regiment of the Tenth Mountain Division holds a map. In the house, sausages hang from the ceiling, tin cans rest on...
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    Farmhouses--Italy--1940-1950.; Military officers--United States--1940-1950.; Fowler, David M.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
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    [1945]
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  • Showers behind the front
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    During a lull in the fighting, the Tenth Mountain Division's 85th Regiment, second battalion, established this shower bath in a shell-torn building as part of a larger rest center close to the front lines. Shows naked men showering, their clothes...
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    Ski troops--1940-1950.; Military camps--1940-1950.; Nudes--1940-1950.; Soldiers--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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    March 1945
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  • Wounded soldier with medics
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    A wounded Tenth Mountain Division soldier lies on a stretcher surrounded by medical personnel in a small plaza in an Italian village. They are examining his leg. A medical jeep with a large red cross flag is parked nearby and three medics are...
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    Ski troops--1940-1950.; Medical aspects of war--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Medicine, Military.; Mountain warfare.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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    [1945]
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  • DUKW crossing Lake Garda
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    Six Tenth Mountain Division soldiers cross Lake Garda [Lago di Garda] on a DUKW [amphibious boat-truck]. All are heavily loaded with equipment and wear helments. One is a medic.
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    Soldiers--United States--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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    [April 1945]
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  • Mule encampment, Italy
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    View of a Tenth Mountain Division mule encampment is in a valley surrounded by wooded mountains with pines and leafless deciduous trees. Three assembly lines are visible as the mule drivers saddle the mules. Rows of unsaddled mules, pack saddles...
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    Mules--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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    [1945]
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  • Nurse with GI in hospital, Italy
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    A nurse takes the temperature and pulse of Tenth Mountain Division soldier, S/Sergeant George V. Geiss as he lies in his hospital bed in Italy.
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    Medical aspects of war--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1945.; Geiss, George V.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Medicine, Military.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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  • POWs head down and GIs up Italian trail
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    Nine armed, helmeted, and wearing packs Tenth Mountain Division soldiers climb an Italian trail as five German prisoners with their hands on their heads descend it. In the background new leaves are on the trees.
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    Prisoners of war--Germany--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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  • Throwing grenade into house
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    Eight Tenth Mountain Division soldiers begin an attack on a Italian stone house as one throws a grenade at a door while the rest standby. Some of the trees have leaves others do not; mountain-top in background.
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    Soldiers--United States--1945.; War destruction & pillage--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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  • Firing of volleys at memorial service, Castelfiorentino
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    A guard of honor fires volleys during the memorial service for the dead of the Tenth Mountain Division at the American Military Cemetery in Castelfiorentino (Florence Province), Italy. The assembled company stands at attention.
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    Memorial rites & ceremonies--1945.; War casualties--Italy--Castelfiorentino--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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    April 6, 1945
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  • Generals Hays, Duff and Ruffner under tent
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    Group portrait of Tenth Mountain Division generals. Shows Major General George P. Hays, Division Commander (center); Brigadier General Robinson E. Duff, Assistant Division Commander (left); and Brigadier General David L. Ruffner, Division Artillery...
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    Military officers--United States--1940-1950.; Duff, Robinson E.; Hays, George P.; Ruffner, David L.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
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    [1945]
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  • Belvedere, troops before a battle
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    A 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...
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    Campaigns & battles--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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    February 1945
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  • Prager skiing in Grossglockner slalom
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    1st Sergeant Walter Prager of the Tenth Mountain Division wearing the number eight cuts a gate during the Grossglockner, Austria, slalom held June 24, 1945. In the the background, five men watch the race standing on the glacier, and two men repair...
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    Skiing--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Austria--1940-1950.; Prager, Walter.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
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    1945 June 24
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  • Soldier and mountain
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    Tenth Mountain Division soldier stands with his rifle and looks across snowy farm fields toward snow covered Italian mountains. Trees around him are leafy and snow partly covers the ground behind him.
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    Ski troops--Italy--1945.; Soldiers--United States--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Mountain warfare.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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    March 1945
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  • Three soldiers observe an Italian town
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    Three Tenth Mountain Division soldiers observe an Italian town from a fenced vantage point. All carry weapons and wear white camouflage coats, one has skis.
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    Mountain warfare--1940-1950.; Ski troops--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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  • 75mm howitzer in action
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    Six soldiers of the Tenth Mountain Division fire a 75mm howitzer uphill from a shelter made of sandbags. One gives orders to fire while the others crouch against the blast. In the background downslope are a few Italian farm houses, a dirt road, a...
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    Mountain warfare--1940-1950.; Artillery (Weaponry)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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  • Artillery Barrage, Italy
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    Artillery hits sites on the upper part of a mountain in Italy, while a town down the hill is spared. In the background are more mountains; trees have budding leaves.
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    Aerial bombings--Italy--1940-1950.; Artillery (Weaponry)--1940-1950.; Mountains--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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  • Artillery barrage, Roffeno
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    Following an aerial bombardment that opened the Tenth Mountain Division's offensive Saturday morning April 14, 1945, hundreds of guns poured high explosives on German-held houses and towns. Shows a concentration of artillery blasting the town of...
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    Aerial bombings--Italy--1940-1950.; Artillery (Weaponry)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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    1945 April 14
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  • Chow line, Lizzano in Belvedere
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    Shows approximately twenty Tenth Mountain Division soldiers; some wait in a chow line holding mess kits, two serve food, others eat or stand around. Up a dirt road is a town, possibly Lizzano, Italy. Also visible are three jeeps and the edge of...
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    Mess halls--Italy--1940-1950.; Military camps--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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  • Command post kitchen scene, Cave del Predil
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    Tenth Mountain Division soldiers T/4 Leo Tyler (left) and T/5 "Red" Neiman (right) cooks of Headquarters Company, 86th Regiment, in their modern kitchen in the command post in the town of Cavo del Predil.
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    Mess halls--Italy--1940-1950.; Military camps--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Neiman, Red.; Tyler, Leo.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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    May 1945
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  • Division Headquarters Udine
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    Shows post-war headquarters of the Tenth Mountain Division in Udine, Italy; includes large stucco buliding, eight jeeps parked in front, large leafy tree in plaza, buildings in background, and one soldier on guard.
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    Military headquarters--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
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  • Eating chow in Italian hilltown
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    Five Tenth Mountain Division soldiers eat in the shelter of an Italian stone building on packing crates surrounded by miscellaneous equipment and wooden barrels. Three soldiers in the background stand by a jeep. A hill is in the far background.
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    Military cookery--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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  • Encampment at King Victor Emmanuel's hunting grounds near Pisa, Italy
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    Tenth Mountain Division encampment at King Victor Emmanuel's hunting grounds near Pisa, Italy, surrounded by leafy trees. Soldiers unpack supplies and equipment from large crates.
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    Mountain warfare--Italy--1940-1950.; Military camps--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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    January, 1945
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  • Foxholes beside road, Italy
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    A person in a coat and hat carrys a large box and walks down a steep dirt road as Tenth Mountain Division soldiers, dug into fox holes on the Italian hillside, look on. Trees at the top of the hill are leafless.
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    Ski troops--1940-1950.; Foxholes--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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    [1945]
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  • Gen. Hays questions captured German general
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    General George P. Hays (left) questions Lt. General Hildebrandt of the Marco Polo Division of the German Army at Tenth Mountain Division headquarters on Lake Garda, Italy, May 1945. They sit in Gen. Hays' office; four soldiers look on, including...
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    Military officers--1940-1950.; Hays, George J.; Hays, George P.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
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    May 1945

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