Moulin, 10th Division Ice Climbing School, September-October 1943
PH Coll 1408.187 The 10th Mountain Division, established in 1918, is a light infantry unit in the U.S. Army, specializing in mountain and winter warfare. Following the success of Finnish fighters on skis against the invading Russians in World War II, the 10th Mountain Division was activated as a uni...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:social/11496 2023-05-15T15:01:07+02:00 Moulin, 10th Division Ice Climbing School, September-October 1943 University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections United States Scanned at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2017 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/social/id/11496 unknown Society and Culture Collection http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv4340 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/social/id/11496 For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Clark E. Schurman photograph collection. PH Coll 1408 Slide; Image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T15:47:58Z PH Coll 1408.187 The 10th Mountain Division, established in 1918, is a light infantry unit in the U.S. Army, specializing in mountain and winter warfare. Following the success of Finnish fighters on skis against the invading Russians in World War II, the 10th Mountain Division was activated as a unit to conduct warfare in cold, adverse conditions. While its main training camp at the time was Camp Hale in Colorado, much training was accomplished in Mount Rainier National Park, where the division took advantage of Mount Rainier's Arctic conditions and high elevations to train for winter warfare and ice climbing. Following the completion of training, the 10th Mountain Division was shipped out to Italy to fight against Nazi Germany. Other/Unknown Material Arctic University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Arctic Hale ENVELOPE(-86.317,-86.317,-78.067,-78.067) |
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PH Coll 1408.187 The 10th Mountain Division, established in 1918, is a light infantry unit in the U.S. Army, specializing in mountain and winter warfare. Following the success of Finnish fighters on skis against the invading Russians in World War II, the 10th Mountain Division was activated as a unit to conduct warfare in cold, adverse conditions. While its main training camp at the time was Camp Hale in Colorado, much training was accomplished in Mount Rainier National Park, where the division took advantage of Mount Rainier's Arctic conditions and high elevations to train for winter warfare and ice climbing. Following the completion of training, the 10th Mountain Division was shipped out to Italy to fight against Nazi Germany. |
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Moulin, 10th Division Ice Climbing School, September-October 1943 |
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Moulin, 10th Division Ice Climbing School, September-October 1943 |
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Moulin, 10th Division Ice Climbing School, September-October 1943 |
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Moulin, 10th Division Ice Climbing School, September-October 1943 |
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