To: My Identity
Isn't the Colorado Rockies where they trained originally, for ww2? V's wife.
13 posted on
03/21/2002 12:19:08 PM PST by
ventana
To: ventana
Isn't the Colorado Rockies where they trained originally, for ww2? V's wife. They also trained at Mount Rainier in Washington State.
15 posted on
03/21/2002 12:24:45 PM PST by
Polybius
To: ventana
Camp Carson, CO, I believe.
To: ventana
Yep,
My Dad was in the 10th in the 50's.
They trained high in the rockies near Leadville CO....about 10,000 feet.
The unit was originaly started to battle Nazi Alpine troops high in the Alps...
They distinguished themselve by fighting all the way up the center of Italy in WWII.
Here is a web site about the 10th.
To: ventana
The 10th Mountain Div. used to train at
Camp Hale, Colorado near Leadville in WWII
To: ventana
Yes, near Tennessee Pass north of Leadville, CO at an altitude of 10,000ft. The remains of the camp (building foundations, etc) are still there along US highway 24.
44 posted on
03/21/2002 1:19:06 PM PST by
Lyndal
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