[Suhiir]

Thanks Wulfir, that sounds pretty much like I would expect and I hadn't studied the 1944 campaign in any detail, you saved me some digging/reading.

I was near Tromso in November once, being from South Dakota/Minnesota I didn't find the weather to be much of a problem, of course those that grew up in the southern states did. What I recall most was that it hadn't been cold enough long enough yet for the marshes to fully freeze and we generally avoided low areas because we were all to likely to break thru the ice.

Actually what I recall best was the night ski attack WE made on the Norwegians!
Everyone knows US Marines spend all their time in the south Pacific so obviously we know nothing of snow or skiing. Guess no one considered some of us grew up in Colorado, Montana, Minnesota, Maine, etc. Sure it was only about a platoon size attack but how large does a nighttime raid need to be?