Base Camp on the North-West Frontier (1 Viewer)

[PolarBear]

Members of the Royal Mountain Artillery fighting in Afghanistan tend to the mules that have carried the burden of their artillery and ammunition to this dangerous region of the North-West Frontier.

 

[1879fanatic]

...and that is why we still have Light Mountain today at Ft. Drum! Nice Hocker playtime, Randy!
Mike

 

[PolarBear]

...and that is why we still have Light Mountain today at Ft. Drum! Nice Hocker playtime, Randy!
Mike

10th Mntn. Division: I know them well since we lived in Syracuse for 30 yrs. During WWII Bourke-White photographed them in Italy. One of my colleagues at SU's husband was in the 10th in WWII. Lots of central NY skiers.
The figures are WB from the 1950s

Randy

 

[1879fanatic]

Of cours they're WB, I brain-far&ed and wrote Hocker in celebration of your recent set
Mike

 

[PolarBear]

Of cours they're WB, I brain-far&ed and wrote Hocker in celebration of your recent set
Mike

That's ok. Bill's model is WB anyway,

Here are 2 by Bourke-White of the 10th Mntn. in the Italian Appenines:

 

[1879fanatic]

Randy,
Notice the M1 carbines and the .45 Thompson with the double taped mag.
That little APC looks quaint and suitable for walking the dog, not traversing any angled slopes. The picture, though black and white, looks like it could have been taken last week with the quality.
Nice one, I can just hear her yelling "Okay guys, jump out now, like you mean it!"
Mike

 

[4th Hussar]

Early in my career I worked with a WW2 10th Mtn Division. He was from the south and never had seen skis before he joined the Army. They sent him out to Mt. Rainier National Park for mountain training. Slept in ice caves and learned how to ski. Lost his arm in Italy and after the war he settled in Washington. He had some hilarious stories about good ol southern boys on skis.