LEADER 04794oam 22009254a 450 001 9910461269603321 005 20211004153052.0 010 $a1-60732-044-4 010 $a1-4571-1054-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000099496 035 $a(EBL)710155 035 $a(OCoLC)784882799 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000667357 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12241604 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000667357 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10684132 035 $a(PQKB)11427157 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3039805 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC710155 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3039805 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10761289 035 $a(OCoLC)923705086 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL710155 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11197868 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL913750 035 $a(OCoLC)1273306965 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_85358 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000099496 100 $a20040726d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Boys of Winter$eLife and Death in the U.S. Ski Troops During the Second World War /$fCharles J. Sanders 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aBoulder :$cUniversity Press of Colorado,$d2005. 210 4$dİ2005. 215 $a1 online resource (547 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87081-783-3 311 $a0-87081-823-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 239-242) and index. 327 $aForeword / by John B. Woodward -- The hero of the thunderbolt (Rudy Konieczny) -- The Pied Piper of Pine Lake (Jake Nunnemacher) -- The Sun Valley serenader (Ralph Bromaghin) -- The time of their lives -- Rocky Mountain highs -- From Alaska to Austin -- General Clark and the war in Italy -- Good-byes -- Into the Maelstrom -- The ridges that could not be taken -- The brutal road to Castle d'Aiano -- Rest and recuperation -- The bloodbath of spring -- Bad times -- Pursuit to the Alps -- Home -- Legacy. 330 8 $a"Drawing on dozens of interviews and extensive historical research, Charles J. Sanders reveals the stories of these young men. Sanders traces their journeys from childhood to ski championships and from training at Mount Rainier and in the Colorado Rockies to bloody battles against the Nazis in the Apennine Mountains of Northern Italy." "Ultimately, The Boys of Winter is the story of how some of America's best and brightest died in the war's last and most desperate battles under General Mark Clark, calling into question the necessity of their sacrifices - and those of thousands of other troops - on the "forgotten" Italian front in the spring of 1945"--Jacket. 330 1 $a"The Boys of Winter is the true story of three young Depression-era American ski champions and their brutal, heroic, and ultimately tragic transformation from athletes to infantrymen with the fabled Tenth Mountain Division. Rudy Konieczny, Jacob Nunnemacher, and Ralph Bromaghin - three skiers from disparate geographic and economic backgrounds - forged names for themselves in the burgeoning sport of snow skiing during the late 1930s. With the world suddenly at war, they found themselves drawn together with several of the world's greatest winter athletes in the U.S. Tenth Mountain Division at Camp Hale, Colorado, where they trained to fight Hitler's troops in the mountains of Europe." 606 $aSoldiers$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01125233 606 $aRegimental histories$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01354209 606 $aMountain warfare$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01028323 606 $aMilitary campaigns$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01710190 606 $aArmed Forces$xSki troops$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01982017 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xMountain warfare 606 $aSoldiers$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xRegimental histories$zUnited States 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zItaly 607 $aUnited States$2fast 607 $aItaly$2fast 608 $aBiographies. 608 $aHistory. 608 $aBiographies. 608 $aNonfiction. 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSoldiers. 615 0$aRegimental histories. 615 0$aMountain warfare. 615 0$aMilitary campaigns. 615 0$aArmed Forces$xSki troops. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xMountain warfare. 615 0$aSoldiers 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xRegimental histories 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns 676 $a940.54/451/092273 676 $aB 700 $aSanders$b Charles J$g(Charles Jeffrey),$f1958-$01045568 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461269603321 996 $aThe boys of winter$92471968 997 $aUNINA