THE WINTER ARMY: The World War II Odyssey of the 10th Mountain Division, America's Elite Alpine Warriors

Nothing could prepare the 10th Mountain Division for the sacrifices that lay ahead in the northern Apennine Mountains, whose towering peaks harbored a formidable range of defenses known as the Gothic Line. It was Hitler's last bastion in Italy--and he had ordered his mountain troops to hold it at all costs. This is the saga of an unlikely band of soldiers whose legacy lives on. Illus.