Contents LIST OF MAPS ix FOREWORD xi; by Major John B. Woodward, Tenth Mountain Division (Ret.) PREFACE xv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvii; 1 The Hero of The Thunderbolt (Rudy Konieczny) 1; 2; The Pied Piper of Pine Lake (Jake Nunnemacher) 21; 3; The Sun Valley Serenader (Ralph Bromaghin) 42; 4; The Time of Their Lives 59; 5; Rocky Mountain Highs 74; 6; From Alaska to Austin 90; 7; General Clark and the War in Italy 108; 8; Good-byes 113; 9; Into the Maelstrom 118; 10; The Ridges That Could Not Be Taken 129; 11; The Brutal Road to Castel D'Aiano 145; 12; Rest and Recuperation 156; 13; The Bloodbath of Spring 165; 14; Bad Times 174; 15; Pursuit to the Alps 191; 16; Home 194; 17; Legacy 200 NOTES 207 BIBLIOGRAPHY 241 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 245 INDEX 247
Avid skier and 10th Mountain Division descendant Charles J. Sanders is a music industry executive and an NYU professor.
“Focusing on the lives, and the deaths, of three young men from
vastly different backgrounds, Sanders traces the history of the
U.S. Army's Tenth Mountain Division from its inception, training in
Washington and Colorado, first blooding in the Aleutians, and
finally, to deployment to Italy in 1945. . . . Sanders's treatment
of strategic questions is capable and his discussion of the
division's high command, especially Fifth Army Commander General
Mark Clark, is far from uncritical. His accounts of combat, usually
in the survivors' voices, are riveting. . . . In his brief,
eloquent conclusion, Sanders notes the outstanding contributions of
those who survived the war and wonders what might have been. . . .
Amply illustrated with photos and maps, The Boys of Winter is a
sensitive tribute."
—Western Historical Quarterly
"Sanders distills the complicated and years-long saga of the
creation of America's ski troops into an intensely personal story .
. .[and] doesn't shy away from a question that haunts the survivors
of the division, and the families of those who never returned . . .
Was the Italian campaign intensified in the closing months of the
war to justify the time and expense devoted to the development of
the ski troops? Was the costly campaign primarily intended to keep
the name of Gen. Mark Clark in the headlines? No part of this
remarkable history is more important, or more relevant, in light of
today's American military involvement overseas."
—Durango Herald
"The Boys of Winter perfectly captures the spirit of the men who
made the division what it was, as well as the spirit of those
troopers who survived to help shape the postwar world."
—John Imbrie, 10th Mountain Division historian and co-editor of
Good Times and Bad Times "Sanders book isn't just another
collection of ski tales, but rather serves as a full-fledged study
on the U.S. ski troops during World War II. The Boys of Winter
endows readers with valuable insight not only in regard to the
history of the ski industry, but also the history of America."
—National Ski Areas Association Journal
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