| Title | Ski training: about face on skis executed by all of L-87th with Lieutenant William J. Bourke in Command, Camp Hale, Colorado |
| Call Number | TMD-389 |
| Summary | Still from the Warner Brothers film: "The Fighting Mountaineers." Approximately one-hundred soldiers from the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company L, execute an about face on skis under the command of Lieutenant William J. Bourke on a flat snow-covered field. In the background, smaller groups of skiers are visible training in the trees at the base of one of the mountains surrounding Camp Hale, Colorado. |
| Date | [1943-1944]. |
| Photographer | Julian, Mac. |
| Collection | 10th Mountain Division Resource Center Collection ; Photograph Albums ; 36 |
| Notes | For physical location, see Photograph Album 36, William J. Bourke, Jr. |
| Vintage photographic print. | |
| "Lt. W.J. Bourke and his Co. L, 87th ordering an about face" handwritten on the front border of the print. "Lieutenant W.J. Bourke and all of "L" Company 87th. Mtn. Inf. Reg. -- Here doing an about face," written in a different hand in ink on reverse. | |
| Mac Julian Photographer embossed in lower left corner of print. | |
| Title supplied by cataloger. | |
| Photo Materials | 1 photoprint ; 28 x 33 cm. (11 x 13 1/2 in.) |
| Copyright | Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library. |
| See Also | Bourke, William J. |
| United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th. | |
| Soldiers 1940-1950. Colorado Camp Hale | |
| Ski troops 1940-1950. Colorado Camp Hale | |
| Skiing 1940-1950. Colorado Camp Hale | |
| Film stills. | |
| Imaged. | |
| Photographic prints. | |
| URL | http://gowest.coalliance.org/cgi-bin/imager?00200389 |