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The 10th Mountain Division

A fairly knowledgeable correspondent to the Hugh Hewitt Show here in Los Angeles
related how the 10th Mountain Division came to be (at least by that name).

Appparently, a number of new units were being added to the Army in the Reagan
military build up of the early 1980s.

I guess the actual naming of the new units had to get the OK of a number of officials,
including one Senator, a WWII veteran who had managed to survive near-fatal
injuries when hit by machine-gun fire in Italy.

Thus, Senator Bob Dole basically said "it's the 10th Mountain Division, or else!".

Don't know if this is urban myth, but it was at least a good story...even if I didn't
always agree with Dole's political stance.
And if anyone has a better explanation of the naming of the division...please post!

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And if anyone has a better explanation of the naming of the division...please post!

I'm no expert on conventional units,but I don't think the 10th Mountain Division has been inactive since it was formed in WW-2.