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By Cosmos Mariner, July 27, 2025
Preparing for War in the Eagle River Valley Marker
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1 Colorado, Eagle County, Red Cliff — Preparing for War in the Eagle River Valley — Camp Hale
1940-1941 German forces invade Czechoslovakia and Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany. The Soviet Union invades Finland; Outnumbered Finnish soldiers in white camouflage and mounted on skis ambush and destroy several . . . Map (db m290241) HM
2 Colorado, Eagle County, Red Cliff — Tracing the Terrain of War Training — Camp Hale
1939-1940 German forces launch a surprise attack on Poland from the west and the Soviet Union attacks from the east in 1939; World War II begins; the Soviet Union invades Finland. 1941 German invasion of the Soviet . . . Map (db m290243) HM
3 Colorado, Eagle County, Red Cliff — D-Series: Bombarded by Extreme Conditions — Camp Hale
1944 March-April “The first week of the maneuvers was held in the Tennessee Pass area at well over ten thousand feet… snow and more snow fell… With fatigue a constant effect and cold an enveloping tormentor… —Harris Dusenbery, 86th . . . Map (db m290273) HM
4 Colorado, Eagle County, Red Cliff — 10th Mountain Italian Route to WWII Victory — Camp Hale
1945 January 10th Mountain Division deploys to Naples, Italy. Throughout January, 10th Mountain regiments conduct reconnaissance and combat patrols in preparation for an assault on Riva Ridge — code name for Pizzo di Campiano, . . . Map (db m290292) HM
5 Colorado, Eagle County, Red Cliff — Traversing the Training Ground of the 10th — Camp Hale
President Benjamin Harrison set aside the White River Plateau Timberland Reserve (precursor of White River National Forest) in 1891 — the first in Colorado and second in the nation. Fern Lake Lodge, a cabin in Rocky Mountain National Park used by . . . Map (db m290293) HM
 
 
 
 
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