Representative DOUG LAMBORN. The bill directs the National Park Service to study how best to preserve Camp Hale near Leadville. Colorado. Camp Hale operated from 1942 to 1965 as a winter and a highaltitude training venue for the 10th Mountain Division and other elements of the U.S. Armed Forces. The 250.000acre camp was also used by the Central Intelligence Agency as a secret center for training Tibetan refugees in guerilla warfare to resist the Chinese occupation. The lands were returned to the Forest Service in 1966. Today. the camp is part of the White River and San Isabel National Forest.
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