National Guard Unit Joins Historic Mountain Division

CAMP HALE, Colo. (AP) – A regiment of the Colorado Army National Guard is becoming part of the historic 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale.
The 1st Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment, will be one of only three mountain infantry battalions in the U.S. Army. It marks the return of Colorado to the 10th Mountain Division, originally organized during 1942 to train soldiers for mountain combat by holding rigorous training exercises in the harsh alpine conditions around Leadville.
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