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    Somewhere on Chicago Ridge high above Camp Hale is one of my fathers High School graduation presents, a Timex watch his mother gave him.
    He lost it during "D- Exercises" that were held there in the spring of '44.
    D-Series was a training exercise that 12,000 10th Mountain Division Soldiers undertook in March of 1944 in Colorado. The Soldiers equipped with 90-pound packs, skis, and snowshoes, marched to an altitude of over 13,000 feet. Over the duration of the exercise, eight feet of snow fell, and the temperature got as low as 30 degrees below zero. D-Series was often regarded by those who participated as the most difficult training of any division in World War II.



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    Quote Originally Posted by BPTactical View Post
    Somewhere on Chicago Ridge high above Camp Hale is one of my fathers High School graduation presents, a Timex watch his mother gave him.
    He lost it during "D- Exercises" that were held there in the spring of '44.





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