Reconeil, Sir!
Thank You for your reply, and for sharing that part of your Life!
10th Mtn Div (Light) as it is today, and 10th ID as when you served in the Division.... An indeed very interresting unit! By this, I am for example having the 87th Inf Rgt in mind. Check its history from WWII, also from before its overseas deployement! (A lead to "tease" for doing so, see for example: "Camp Hale" and "Kiska"). Other subordinate units being specialized for the Division, is (was) the 172nd LIB (until USARMY's re-organisation into SBCT, however located in Alaska instead of with the Division at Fort Drum in NY state). Of the Divisions specialized mtn -Arctic warfare subordinate units, the 85th, 86th and 87th Rgts, only the 87th remains within the Division today, with 1 Bn's in 2 seperate Bde's of the Div. Notable regarding its Connection with Camp Hale, is also the 38th RCT also trained there together with the 10th Mtn Div's subordinate inf-units. The 38th RCT however belonged to another Division.
Allthough the Division did not hold its "Mtn"-designation during your service in the Division, it did have it during WWII. For details about that, please see:
http://www.drum.army.mil/AboutFortDr...story_lv3.aspx
Other sites of interrest perhaps, may also be:
http://10thmtndivassoc.org
http://www.mountaineers.org/nwmj/06/061_Watson1.html
http://www.coloradovirtuallibrary.or...-and-camp-hale
http://books.google.se/books?id=KdE-...2087th&f=false
Allthough the above is not directly connected with your Div-subordinate unit, the 7th Cav Rgt, I yet just wanted to share another example aswell, of how indeed very interresting the entire Division is. An example for anyone else also reading this post-thread, which is perhaps somewhat less "known", compared to the indeed famous 7th Cav Rgt.
Again, Thank You for sharing regarding your own service, in your reply-post! Take Good Care!
Sincerely
A.B