At the onset of WWII, the U.S. Army formed the 10th Mountain Division to develop alpine training and combat procedures. Fire On The Mountain is a documentary about the men who trained in the 10th and eventually fought the Nazi forces occupying Italy. Sort of. The filmmakers used lots of period footage from the 1930s and '40s to show… a lot of people skiing. And a few people rock-climbing. Everyone is having a swell time in the mountains. The overall impression is of a giant, Army-funded ski lodge where Ivy League kids went to ski for a few years before suddenly, on a whim which seems terribly out of character, they all ski off to war. Since the 10th actually fought bravely in Italy, earning mutiple unit commendations and losing 15 percent of their men, this little documentary does the men a disservice. There's more footage of Vail and Aspen during the ski boom of the 1960s than there is of war-torn Europe, and that's a shame. The viewer shouldn't be left feeling like these poor guys had it that easy.