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The 10th Mountain Division has an unusual history for a US Army unit and a special place in the military that is likely part of the reason it was picked for border duty in Arizona.Just before World War Two, the founder of the National Ski Patrol began working to convince the Army that the US needed arctic troops prepared to travel on skis and fight in the Mountains.The Army formed its first Mountain Unit in 1941. Two years later the 10th Mountain Division was officially named.
Battles in Northern Italy tested the Division’s Mountain skills, with a series of successful fights against German divisions including close face-to-face combat using bayonets.After World War Two ended the Army disbanded the Division, but recreated it as a training unit a few years later.
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