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Sandy Colton ©Stars and StripesJapan, 1954: A participant in a four-week course at the 8147th Army Unit Mountain School spends some of his free time reading Field Manual 70-10, the guide to mountain operations. Lt. Col. Hazel E. Link, the school's commander, told new students that they would be afraid of the mountain and wouldn't want to take the training. "But when you finish the course." he concluded, "we won't be able to keep you off of it."

RELATED MATERIAL:A 1954 Stars and Stripes feature story about the school. Read a 1944 version of FM 70-10 below. (The servicemember in the photo has the 1947 edition.)

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