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Originally Posted by Airchallenged
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Originally Posted by cyberia
American Airborne troops turned skiers in the Alps, date unknown |
Paul,
The only Airborne unit I know of that was in the Alps, with any time for R&R, was the 101st. The 82nd was in Berlin and according to a site I use on WW2 Airborne the 17th was near the Rhine and the 13th was in Reserve somewhere further towards France. It would have been between mid-May and the End of July. This doesn't make any sense...they wouldn't be wearing winter camo/bed sheets any more...no need, or the lined fur coats with hoods. Also it was only snowy near the tops of mountains.
Another picture in the series, later page of a site I found it on, has the same church/barn steeple building in the background and labels it as US Army Ski Troops. Some posted thinking it was the 10th Mountain Division in Vosgi, France Winter of 44-45. |
Matt, I'll re-check the site where I found this for further info, but it did say U.S. Airborne. The Alps is a large range, might not have been Germany or Austria where this photo was taken. Although it sure looks it.
And I just now looked. The Photo is originally slugged "usparaalps".
