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Highly distinctive Nike Team Army West Point football jersey from the 2017 Army–Navy Game, created to honor the history and legacy of the 10th Mountain Division.
The 2017 Army–Navy Game uniform was specifically designed around the 10th Mountain Division and its WWII mountain warfare heritage. The U.S. Army confirms that Army represented the 10th Mountain Division with its Army–Navy uniform in 2017.
The 10th Mountain Division originated during World War II as a specialized mountain warfare formation. Its soldiers trained in skiing, mountaineering and cold-weather combat before deploying to Italy in the final months of WWII.
In Italy, the division fought through the difficult Apennine mountain terrain, including the famous assaults on Riva Ridge and Mount Belvedere in February 1945 as part of the campaign against the German Gothic Line.
Featured prominently on the chest is the insignia of the 87th Infantry Regiment, whose lineage goes back to the WWII-era 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment.
The distinctive insignia was originally approved for the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment on October 21, 1942, making the historical connection to the WWII-era Mountain Infantry particularly significant.
The chest also features CLIMB TO GLORY, the motto of the 10th Mountain Division.
The motto represents the division's mountain heritage and its WWII combat legacy. The Army continues to use "Climb to Glory" as the identity and rallying motto of the 10th Mountain Division.
