Word: 87th
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According to the War Service office, the first troops accepted into the 87th Mountain Infantry, some of whom are on duty in Alaska, have shown themselves so valuable that it has been decided to form an entire mountain division of about 15,000 men. As before, the Ski Association of America has the duty of selecting and recommending qualified applicants for this service...
...summer march, a mountain unit like the 87th Infantry Mountain Regiment (first in the U.S. Army) has four components: 1) hand-led mules with equipment (weapons of various calibers, tents, stoves, etc.); 2) mules with supplies (food and extra ammunition), traveling 52 in a herd with 16 soldiers mounted; 3) trucks, which leave the troops to bypass rough terrain; 4) men on foot...
Graduate members have been cooperating with the Army in the formation of a mountaineering infantry battalion, and a the fall meeting last week many members signed applications to join this organization upon their induction into the service. A part of the 87th Infantry, it is new training on the ranges in Idaho and on the west coast...
Recently inaugurated by the army after a year of slow experimentation and development, the ski outfit is known officially as the 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Mountain Regiment (Reinforced...