This contest is for a 2006-S Jefferson Nickel graded PF69 Ultra Cameo by NGC, a 1946 Booker T Washington Half Dollar and a 1935 Walking Liberty Half Dollar that has been cleaned. Nothing earth shaking but what do you want for free? This one is kind of tough. This mountain in Europe played a major role in World War 2. Name the mountain and any historical tidbit you might add. Do not post your answer. PM me the answer. If no winner tonight I will add another clue but I think it might go pretty quick. I will announce the winner tonight if I get a winner. Best of luck.
Just got another great guess with some nice history attached but it wasn't it. Hard to see in my picture but there is a very big building on top of this mountain that holds considerable significance to this mountain and battle.
Even if my last guess isn't right it's really interesting what went on there! Thanks for the contest cuz I'm learning something new and interesting!
kdkenn you were very close. THENoost takes the prize by 1 minute. CamaroDMD got it just a bit late. Going to send out THENoost and CamaroDMD for both getting it and kdkenn for just missing it. Thanks for playing everyone.
Wow that was fun! I just wanted to post something I learned while doing this contest that I thought was really interesting! During World War II, the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division served in combat for only four months, but it had one of the conflict's highest casualty rates. The division started out as an experiment to train skiers and climbers to fight in the most difficult, mountainous terrain in Europe. Some of the men who joined the division were skiers already, while others had never seen a ski in their lives. Their training at Camp Hale, near Pando, Colo., included skiing, snowshoeing and rock climbing. They also learned cold-weather survival tactics, such as keeping warm by building snow caves. The men lived in the mountains for weeks, working in altitudes of up to 13,500 feet, in five to six feet of snow and in temperatures that dropped to 20 degrees below zero at night. At the end of 1944, the 10th Division was finally deployed and began the first of a series of daring assaults against the German army in the northern Apennine Mountains of Italy. Mount Belvedere was the highest mountain in the Apennines, and the Germans had stymied the U.S. Army there for nearly six months. On Feb. 18, 1945, the 10th Division took Riva Ridge — to prevent the Germans from being able to survey U.S. positions below — in a nighttime operation. The steep mountain was covered in snow and ice. At night, the Germans did not bother with guard patrols, because the conditions were so difficult that they did not believe any American unit could climb the ridge — day or night. But the Germans were wrong, and the soldiers of the 10th climbed, silently, to the top and secured Riva Ridge with minimal casualties. The next day's operation, the assault on Mount Belvedere, would prove to be very different. The American soldiers ended up victorious, but not without a price: Nearly 1,000 of the 13,000 soldiers in the division died. In the postwar years, many veterans of the 10th returned to Colorado, Wyoming and Montana, and formed the foundation of the U.S. ski industry. They worked as ski instructors, ski school directors, Olympic and college coaches, and helped found resort areas in Colorado, such as Winter Park, Arapahoe Basin and Vale. One veteran didn't stop skiing until he was 90; others are still skiing (with oxygen tanks) in their 80s.
Nice work KD. To add, I think I remember seeing that hey were limited to 1000 ft per hour to prevent exhaustion.
I loved this contest and learning something during it. I turned down the prize I was offered since I didn't win the contest but I told flyers that I felt like I won something anyways. Knowledge! Maybe I'll win the next one! I'm very competitive! LOL
Thanks for posting that. My brother was in the 10th Mountain Division as a field artillary battalion commander in Afghanistan. Very storied history of that division.
Whoa, got the prizes today. I was wondering which prize I would get. Imaigne my surprise when I opened the envelope and all 3 of them were in there. Thank you!!!
