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The last ridge
the epic story of the U. S. Army's 10th Mountain Division and the assault on Hitler's Europe
By Jenkins, McKay
- ISBN
- 978-0-37550-771-7
- Publisher
- New York : Random House, c2003.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2003
With World War II looming in Europe, the U.S. Army had no troops trained for mountain operations and none of the specialized equipment that the European armies had developed. Late in 1941, a mountain climber named Minnie Dole persuaded the War Department to let him recruit skilled mountaineers and skiers from American society and the European expatriates community. They trained ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
