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

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