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Torraccia Ridge in a series of stunning attacks that 
broke the German Apennine front; 
Whereas, on April 14, 1945, the 10th Mountain Division 
served as the vanguard of the Fifth Army’s drive to the 
Po Valley, suffering tremendous casualties in a hail of ar-
tillery, mortar, and small arms fire from German troops; 
Whereas the 10th Mountain Division continued its relentless 
drive to liberate Italy, culminating in the Division’s occu-
pation of Lake Garda and preventing the escape of Ger-
man troops to the north through the Brenner Pass; 
Whereas the 10th Mountain Division saw one of its soldiers, 
Private First Class John D. Magrath posthumously 
awarded the Medal of Honor; 
Whereas, on November 30, 1945, the 10th Mountain Division 
was temporarily inactivated; 
Whereas, on July 1, 1948, the 10th Mountain Division was 
reactivated at Fort Riley, Kansas, as a training division, 
preparing 123,000 soldiers for Cold War service and 
combat in the Korean Peninsula; 
Whereas, between 1955 and 1958, the 10th Mountain Divi-
sion was redesignated a combat infantry division and de-
ployed to West Germany, protecting strategic North At-
lantic Treaty Organization (NATO) points against pos-
sible Soviet aggression; 
Whereas, on June 14, 1958, the 10th Mountain Division was 
again temporarily inactivated; 
Whereas, on February 13, 1985, the 10th Mountain Division 
(Light Infantry) was activated in the heart of the North 
Country on Fort Drum, New York;
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Whereas, during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, 
10th Mountain Division soldiers contributed support per-
sonnel to the 24th Infantry Division in Iraq; 
Whereas, in December 1992, 10th Mountain Division soldiers 
deployed to Somalia in support of Operation Restore 
Hope, bringing much-needed security to relief operations; 
Whereas, on May 4, 1993, 10th Mountain Division soldiers 
began supporting Operation Continue Hope under the di-
rection of the United Nations Operations in Somalia 
(UNOSOM II); 
Whereas, on October 3, 1993, and October 4, 1993, 10th 
Mountain Division soldiers of 2d Battalion, 14th Infantry 
fought a brutal gun battle through Mogadishu to secure 
an evacuation route for Rangers surrounded in the city; 
Whereas the 10th Mountain Division spearheaded Operation 
Uphold Democracy in Haiti from September 19, 1994, to 
January 15, 1995, conducting the United States Army’s 
first carrier-based air assault; 
Whereas, following the September 11, 2001, attacks on the 
United States, units of the 10th Mountain Division first 
deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in 
late 2001, fighting to secure remote elements of Afghani-
stan against Taliban forces; 
Whereas, in 2003, the 10th Mountain Division headquarters 
and 1st Brigade returned to Afghanistan to battle insur-
gents in remote areas of the country and provide humani-
tarian assistance; 
Whereas, from May to December 2003, the 2d Brigade, 10th 
Mountain Division headquarters, and 4th Battalion, 31st 
Infantry deployed to Afghanistan in support of Task
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Force Phoenix and training for the Afghan National 
Army; 
Whereas, in July 2004, the 2d Brigade, 10th Mountain Divi-
sion, deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Free-
dom, securing the areas west of Baghdad and enduring 
more enemy contacts and casualties than any other unit 
in Iraq at the time; 
Whereas the 1st Brigade Combat Team deployed to Iraq in 
late 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, bring-
ing security to embattled areas in and around Baghdad; 
Whereas the 2d Brigade Combat Team deployed to Iraq in 
August of 2006, moving in to an area referred to as the 
‘‘Triangle of Death’’, vastly improving security and en-
during a grueling 15-month deployment; 
Whereas the 10th Mountain Division headquarters and 3d 
Brigade Combat Team deployed again to Afghanistan in 
2006, serving in the eastern Afghanistan-Pakistan border 
region; 
Whereas the 1st Brigade Combat Team returned to Iraq in 
2007, conducting stability and security operations in 
Kirkuk and training the Sons of Iraq to protect their 
neighborhoods from insurgent violence; 
Whereas, in April 2008, the 10th Mountain Division head-
quarters and 4th Brigade Combat Team deployed to 
Baghdad, coordinating and fighting large-scale operations 
such as Operation Phantom Phoenix; 
Whereas, in January 2009, the 3d Brigade Combat Team de-
ployed to the Logar and Wardak provinces in Afghani-
stan, guarding the southern approaches to Kabul and 
bringing much-needed security to both provinces; and
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Whereas the soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division continue 
to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan, with their families sup-
porting them through arduous deployments: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the achievements of the soldiers serv-
ing in the 10th Mountain Division, as well as citizen-sol-
diers of the Army Reserve and National Guard who have 
fought with the 10th Mountain Division during its 60- 
year history; 
(2) expresses its gratitude to the family members of 
the 10th Mountain Division for their tireless service and 
sacrifice on behalf of the United States; 
(3) commends the North Country community for 
their unwavering support of Fort Drum and the men 
and women serving in uniform; and 
(4) offers its heartfelt condolences to the family and 
friends of the 10th Mountain Division soldiers who have 
given the ultimate sacrifice in the defense of the United 
States. 
Attest: 
Clerk.