Wow Photo Wednesday ~ 10th Mountain Division

A Tenth Mountain Division soldier enjoys the beach at Trieste with a woman. Both wear bathing costumes and pose for the camera. Behind them the beach is filled with other sun worshipers.

GI at Trieste

[1945]

Wow ~ 10th Mountain Division soldiers trained hard, fought hard, and played hard. Trained in Colorado, the army ski-troops who distinguished themselves in the Italian Alps during World War II chose the Denver Public Library to be the repository of their manuscripts, photographs, and memorabilia. We are honored to be the stewards of this amazing collection, many of whose contributors were founders of Colorado's ski industry.

Garda

[May] 1945

Among the regimental group photos, battle images, and shots of damaged Italian towns, are many surprising images. There is beautiful scenery, human interest, and pathos to be found in the almost 1,000 10th Mountain Photos in our Digital Collections, and among the many more non-digitized images.

John W. Haines, III, of Company I, 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Tenth Mountain Division, faces the camera and smiles with a cigarette in his mouth and a rifle on his back. Behind him are the ruins and rubble of Pietra Colora. Haines was later killed in action.

John W. Haines, III at Pietra Colora, Italy

March 1945

For a more information about the 10th Mountain Division, visit this overview, or browse through the various 10th Mountain Resources we have online, including a name lookup index, oral histories, and newspapers. Here is the entire digitized collection of 10th Mountain images, and don't miss our 10th Mountain Division gallery of selected images below.

"Wow Photo Wednesday" celebrates photographs in the Denver Public Library's Digital Collections that have "The Wow Factor" and that highlight the myriad delightful nuggets in our database.

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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 resting, others look out to sea.

Troops homebound by ship

1945

View of Captain Albert Jackman and Lieutenant Paul Townsend of the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) inside a green Everest Tent during the Mount Rainier Test Expedition. Jackman is taking notes and Townsend is reading. Equipment includes a stove, boots and crampons, and a sleeping bag. Jackman is wearing a cap, a dark shirt, khaki pants, and smooth-soled black boots. Townsend is wearing khaki shirt and pants and smooth-soled black boots.

Captain Albert Jackman and Lieutenant Paul Townsend inside an Everest Tent, on Mount Rainier, Washington

[May 1942]

View of Camp Two looking through Cadaver Gap at Camp Muir, (also known as Camp One during the Mount Rainier Test Expedition conducted by men from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, re-enforced). Two pyramid tents are pitched in the snow in the foreground. The stone cabin at Camp Muir is visible on a slight rise across a large open snow field. Beyond Camp Muir rough mountain territory stretches into the distance.

View of Camp Two looking through Cadaver Gap at Camp One, Mount Rainer, Washington

[1942, May]

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Looking for pictures of my dad, Norris A DeRoche. Member of 86 th B.

Thanks for commenting, Anne! If you submit a request through our contact page (https://history.denverlibrary.org/contact-us) our archivist for the 10th Mountain Division Resource Center will be able to send what we have on your father.

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