From the October 2, 2012, Gadling "Retreating Italian Glacier Reveals Dead From World War I" by Sean McLachlan.
Two bodies were discovered on an Italian mountain at Presena Glacier in the Treino-Alto Adige region of the Dolmites at 9,850 feet.
The bodies are believed to have been from an artillery unit of the Austro-Hungarian Army killed in 1918.
The skeletons were identified by remnants of uniform and insignia. Their names have not been found.
During the war, Italians fought the Austro-Hungarian troops in the bitter cold mountain tops.
A favorite tactic of both sides was to fire artillery shells above enemy positions and start avalanches, which is most likely what happened to this pair.
--Cooter
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