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ski industry, 10th Mountain veterans’ influence on, 225–34, 237, 248–51
Skiing, 231
skijoring, 96
ski jumping, 20, 31–32
ski lifts, manufacturing of, 233–34
Ski Patrol, 53–54
ski patrols, U.S.:
Army, 20–21
civilian, see National Ski Patrol System (NSPS)
Ski the Americas, North and South, 51
Ski the High Trail (Dusenbery), 105
Ski Troops, The (Burton), 76, 115
sleds, motorized, 39
Smith, Charles, 155
Smith, Walter Bedell, 108
Snake River Birds of Prey Natural Area, 252
snow caves, 61–62
Snowmass (Colo.), 249
snowshoeing, snowshoes, 20–21, 96
Soldiers on Skis, 115–16, 134
Solomon Islands, in World War II, 56, 91
Sorenson, Harald, 20
Soviet Union:
eastern front and, 26, 28, 91, 106
German invasion of, 24, 26, 28
in nonaggression pact with Nazi Germany, 9, 28
as occupying force at start of World War II, 9
in Winter War, 8–11
Spe, Monte della, 159–63, 166, 167, 178, 179, 184, 231
Speer, Albert, 193–94
Spiazzi, Italy, 206
Spring Push, see Craftsman, Operation Stafford, Horace, 47–48
Stalin, Joseph, 91, 194
Stars and Stripes, 163, 168
Stilwell, “Vinegar Joe,” 114
Stimson, Henry, 15, 25
Stone, John, 153
Stowe, Vt., 16
Sundeck restaurant (Aspen), 229, 249
Sunrise, Operation, 174
Sun Valley, Idaho, 16, 33–34, 66, 226, 227, 228, 230, 234
Sun Valley Serenade, 48
Sun Valley Skiers, The, 34
Tapley, Ernest “Tap,” 31, 78, 82, 245, 246
Teichner, Peppi, 49
Tennessee, 72
10th Light (Alpine) Division, U.S., 83
10th Mountain Division, U.S.:
Alpine and Dolomite activities of, 218–24
annual reunion of, 254–55
called back to Winter Line, 172–78
camaraderie and group spirit of, 36–37, 54, 93, 105–6, 115
at Camp Swift, 106, 107–16
can-do attitude of, 229–30, 239–40
casualty rate of, 216
D-Series and, 104–6, 107
egalitarianism and, 35, 54, 64, 118
85th Mountain Infantry Regiment of, see 85th Mountain Infantry Regiment
86th Mountain Infantry Regiment of, see 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment
87th Mountain Infantry Regiment of, see 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment
elitism charges leveled at, 25, 54, 65, 171–72, 216
and endurance in cold, 60, 61–62, 99–100
enemy assessment of, 216, 217
engineers of, see 126th Engineer Battalion, U.S.
enlistees of, 25, 30–34, 46–48, 50–56, 104, 109, 113, 182, 239
environmental and outdoor sports legacy of, 238–52
factors in victories of, 214–16
famous climbers and skiers in, 31–34, 49, 84–85, 99, 159
flatlanders vs. outdoorsmen in, 54–56
formation of, 7–26
guns and gear of, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 21, 35–36, 38–41, 58–62, 70, 73–74, 95–96, 97, 113, 116, 127–28, 133, 145, 149, 181, 182, 190, 201–2
Hays’s praise of, 214, 217, 218
instructors of, see Mountain Training Group (MTG)
Intelligence and Reconnaissance (I and R) platoon of, 77, 92–93, 95, 104, 159–62, 216
medals awarded to, 156, 181, 220
mountain rescue prodecures of, 99–100
off-duty activities of, 55, 97, 102–3, 109, 113, 165–72
official launching of, 25–26
Operation Olympic and, 218, 223
permanent base of, 4, 38, 45–46, 50, 53, 54–55, 66–67
postwar careers of, 225–35, 239–52
on R and R in Italy, 165–72
recalled from Lake Garda, 218–19
recruitment for, 48–54
reorganization of, 107–9
selection process first employed by, 46–48, 54, 239
shoulder patch and tab of, 113–14, 254
ski industry and veterans of, 225–34, 237, 248–51
songs of, 36–37, 93–94, 255
training of, 2, 4, 5, 58–64, 67–68, 83–91, 92–93, 104–6, 107, 113, 128, 214–15, 217, 229–30
transferees and replacements in, 54–56, 108–9, 110–11, 113, 182
unambivalent participation in war of, 240
von Senger’s surrender to, 216–17, 218
winter uniform of, 2, 52, 53, 237
10th Mountain Division, U.S., Home-stake Lake maneuvers of, 58–64
ailments in, 59, 60
criticisms of, 64
gear in, 59, 60, 61
keeping warm in, 60, 61
mountain-warfare experiments in, 62–63, 252
numbers participating in, 59
reasons for, 58–59
snow caves vs. tents in, 61–62
successes in, 60–61
temperatures experienced in, 59–60
10th Mountain Division, U.S. (Light Infantry), 253, 254
10th Mountain Division Association, 253
10th Mountain Division Foundation, 253
10th Mountain Division Trail and Hut
System, 249–51, 253
3rd Division, U.S., ski patrol of, 21, 24
Third Army, U.S., 173
34th Infantry Division, U.S., 171, 172, 178, 217, 223–24
Thomas, Lowell, 52
334th Infantry Division, German, 179
Time, 16, 168
Tokle, Torger, 31–32, 50
death of, 159
Tokola, Art, 159
Tole, Italy, 184
Tomlinson, Clarence E. “Tommy,” 126–27
Topf (pot) mines, 180
Torbole, 200, 201, 205, 206, 207, 208, 214, 217
Torch, Operation, 56
Torre Iussi, Italy, 181, 225
Torrisen, Birger, 60–61
training films, U.S. Army, 49–50, 51, 112–13
Tram Builders, The (Lunday), 169
Tre Cime di Lavaredo, 222
Trieste, 174, 176, 203, 220
Tripartite Pact, 18
Turrou, Leon, 11
Tweedy, Jack, 231
20-mm antiaircraft guns, 70, 205
29th Panzer Division, German, 166
232nd Infantry Division, German, 126
267th Infantry Division, German, 179
U-boats, 11, 117
Unalaska Island, 82
Upper Camp Hale Winter Olympics, 62
Vail, Colo.:
as ski resort, 229, 231, 232, 249
10th Mountain reunions at, 254
Vasos, John, 67–68, 69, 79, 106, 145
VE Day, 217
venereal disease, Army training films on, 112–13
Vergato, 179
Verona, 191, 197
liberation of, 191, 197–98
Vesuvius, Mount, 121
Victor Emmanuel III, King, 203
Vidiciatico, 1, 2, 5, 123
Vienna, Soviet army occupation of, Vietinghoff, Heinrich von, 174, 176, 190, 203
Villafranca di Verona, Italy, 195–97
Waddington, Mount, 87
War Department, U.S.:
NSPS authorized to recruit by, 46
ski patrol services offered to, 13–14, 15–16, 19–20
War of 1812, 3, 12
War of Independence, American, 12
Washington, Mount, Inferno downhill course on, 33
Watersmeet, Mich., 96
Weasel (over-the-snow vehicle), 95
West Point, 117–18
White Spider, The (Harrer
), 88
Whitlock, Sgt., 115–16, 134
Whymper, Edward, 52
Wick, Peter, 80, 154
Wilderness Act (1964), 242, 246
Wilderness Education Association, 246
Wilderness Handbook, The (Petzoldt), 246
Willie and Joe (GI cartoon characters), 163, 186
Wilson, Dick, 231, 238
Winter, Burdell S. “Bud,” 83, 84, 85, 89–91, 98, 100–101, 110–11, 122, 155–56, 158, 175
death of, 183, 250
Winter, Fred, 250
Winter First Aid Manual, 15
Winter Line, 1, 120, 121, 171, 215
Winter War, 8–11, 15, 58, 96
cost of Soviet victory in, 10
reason for, 8, 10
Soviets outmaneuvered by Finnish skiers in, 9–10
troop numbers in, 9
western reaction to, 10–11
Wolff, Karl, 174, 203
Wood, Walter, 22
Woodward, John, 21, 31, 33, 49, 50, 85, 104, 233
Woody, Robert, 51–52, 55, 109–10, 111–13, 114, 118, 122, 124, 154–55, 162–63, 168, 172, 177, 196, 209–10, 220, 223–24, 238
postwar career of, 234–35
World War I, 3, 12, 14, 171
alpine battles in, 39, 62–63, 199
World War II:
anti-Nazi resistance movements in, 91
China-Burma-India Theater of
Operations in, 29, 106, 114, 138, 194
eastern front in, 26, 28, 91, 106, 120
Mediterranean Theater of, 80, 92, 120
North Africa in, 56, 58, 80, 91
Pacific Theater of, 29, 56–58, 67–82, 91, 106, 141–42, 193, 194, 218
Pearl Harbor attack and, 2, 8, 25, 34, 48, 57, 66
secret negotiations in, 80, 92, 174, 203, 208
as “total war,” 18
U.S. isolationism and, 8, 11
western front in, 18, 28, 91
Winter War in, see Winter War
see also specific countries and operations
Wren, Gordy, 231
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 189, 249
Yamamoto, Isoroku, 29
Yamoto, 194
Yank, 156, 168, 171
Yosemite Valley, mountaineering in, 86–87, 128, 243
Yugoslavia, Communist forces in, 174, 176, 203, 220
Zanuck, Darryl, 48–49
zipline, zipliners, 100
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