2003 Return to Italy Records

Collection

Identifier: TMD277

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection contains a photograph album compiled by Gerry Furth-Sides, descendant of Sergeant Lee G. Furth, 616th Filed Artillery (Pack) medic, during the 2003 Return to Italy 10th Mountain Division Reunion. The album contains approximately 94 color photographs documenting activities, participants, and locations during the reunion with accompanying text for clarification and identification. Ephemera includes participant name tag, post cards, clippings, label.

Dates

2003

Creator

Furth-Sides, Gerry. (Person)
Furth-Sides, Gerry, (Person)

Language of Materials

Material is in English unless otherwise noted.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

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Biographical / Historical

The 10th Mountain Division, a full division of the US Army specializing in mountain and winter warfare, trained at Camp Hale, Colorado, during WWII. Experienced in skiing, mountaineering, and cold-weather survival as well as military tactics, the soldiers fought enemy forces in the Italian Campaign of 1945. Dubbed the "ski troops" by the press, the 10th Mountain Division remains the only military division recruited by a civilian organization, the National Ski Patrol. Many veterans of the 10th contributed greatly to the development of the recreational ski industry in the US and to the growth of related fields such as outdoor equipment development, and nature conservation.

The National Association of the 10th Mountain Division has sponsored reunions in Italy approximately every three years since 1969. The photograph album in this collection documents one of these reunions.