When Charles Minot Minnie Dole, head of the National Ski Patrol System, heard how ski-mounted Finnish troops repelled a larger Soviet army in 1939, he realized that the United States was unprepared for mountain or winter combat in the event the . . . — — Map (db m289993) HM
Before Italy, however, the 3,000-man 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment got a taste of being under fire when it took part in a joint U.S.-Canada mission to retake the Aleutian island of Kiska from the Japanese. The 87th suffered its first casualties . . . — — Map (db m289994) HM
After its stunning success in breaking through the Germans' Apennine defenses, the 10th was selected to spearhead the U.S. Fifth Army's huge 1945 spring offensive northward into the Po Valley, where it suffered its heaviest casualties of the war. . . . — — Map (db m289995) HM
The 10th did not fade away after being deactivated following victory in World War II. Many of its veterans accomplished significant achievements in business, sports, and other endeavors. Some, like Bob Dole, (left below), 1988 GOP presidential . . . — — Map (db m289996) HM
Memorial
10th Mountain Division
World War II
In memory of our 990 comrades in arms who gave their lives on the WWII battlefields of Italy and the Aleutian Islands.
Campaigns
Northern Apennine Mountains, Po Valley, Kiska
Major . . . — — Map (db m97729) WM
