by Christian Beckwith | Mar 23, 2024 | Ninety-Pound Rucksack Episodes
COMING SOON: This episode looks at one of the most painful chapters of the mountain troops’ history: the 87th Mountain Infantry’s deployment to Kiska Island in the Aleutians to take it from Japanese occupation.
by Christian Beckwith | Mar 23, 2024 | Ninety-Pound Rucksack Episodes
View Post COMING SOON: In the summer of 1943, 32 army officers and enlisted men from Camp Hale arrived in Elkins, West Virginia, to set up and run the Army’s only low-altitude assault climbing school. This episode looks at the little-known history of Seneca Rocks,...
by Christian Beckwith | Mar 23, 2024 | Ninety-Pound Rucksack Episodes, Ninety-Pound Rucksack Podcast
Patrons listened to this episode in advance. Click here to become a patron and get exclusive access. In Part 2 of our deep dive into Camp Hale, we explore the rocky beginnings of the mountain troops’ high-altitude military encampment. Nestled in Colorado’s Pando...
by Christian Beckwith | Mar 23, 2024 | Ninety-Pound Rucksack Episodes, Ninety-Pound Rucksack Podcast
The Origins of Camp Hale: How the U.S. Army scouted, selected, and developed Colorado’s high-altitude Pando Valley site to create a training ground for mountain warfare. Patrons listened to this episode in advance. Click here to become a patron and get...
by Christian Beckwith | Mar 23, 2024 | Ninety-Pound Rucksack Episodes, Ninety-Pound Rucksack Podcast
How John McCown and his fellow citizen-soldiers overcame traditional military doctrine to prepare for mountain warfare—and in the process, reshaped the Old Army into one of the mightiest forces the world had ever known. Available only to patrons, the Unabridged...
