The Boys of Winter

Avid skier and 10th Mountain Division descendant Charles J. Sanders is a music industry executive and an NYU professor.

Contents LIST OF MAPS ix FOREWORD xi; by Major John B. Woodward, Tenth Mountain Division (Ret.) PREFACE xv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvii; 1The 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