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©2019
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xv, 318 pages ; 24 cm
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"Always Forward" -- Origins, 1940-41: "Soldiers Out of Skiers" -- Training, 1942: "Ninety Pounds of Rucksack" -- Camp Hale, 1943: "Heaven and Hell" -- Kiska, 1943: "This Little Expedition" -- Camp Hale and Camp Swift, 1944: "We'll Be Playing for Keeps before Long" -- Italy, December 23, 1944-February 18, 1945: "Still Green" -- Italy, February 19-April 13, 1945: "Front Line Soldiers" -- Italy, April 14-May 3, 1945: "All Those Fine Young Men" -- Epilogue: "Among My Souvenirs"
"The epic story of the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division, whose elite soldiers broke the last line of German defenses in Italy's mountains in 1945, spearheading the Allied advance to the Alps and final victory."--Provided by publisher