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Word: skis (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Toughness and the ability to take punishment will be the basis of selection of men without previous skiing or mountaineering experience. The announcement was especially intended for ski, mountaineering, and outing clubs among whose members many candidates for such service were expected to be found...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ENLISTMENTS IN MOUNTAIN TROOPS OPEN | 11/23/1942 | See Source »

Selection of personnel for service with mountain forces for the United States Army, suspended July 8, has been resumed, Elliot Perkins '23, director of the War Service Information Burean announced Friday. The announcement came originally from the National Ski Patrol System, official agency for recommending men for this branch of the service...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ENLISTMENTS IN MOUNTAIN TROOPS OPEN | 11/23/1942 | See Source »

With the Christmas vacation only a month away, Henry F. Bigelow, Jr. '44, captain of the ski team, last night keynoted this winter's season by saying that "skiing today is of the utmost importance and should be greatly encouraged, since the Army mountain troops have already issued an appeal for skiing talent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ski Club Plans Busy Year Despite Traveling Difficulty | 11/19/1942 | See Source »

Revealing that the Ski Club plans to operate so far as is possible under present transportation regulations, Captain Bigelew said they hoped to keep the Club's ski hut in Pinkham Notch, New Hampshire, open during the winter months...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ski Club Plans Busy Year Despite Traveling Difficulty | 11/19/1942 | See Source »

Although the popular weekend snow trains will not run during the season this year, skiers may still commute to the centers in the north through regular traveling facilities. This winter a special bus will run through Pinkham Notch, thereby making it easy for skiers to reach the Club's ski...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ski Club Plans Busy Year Despite Traveling Difficulty | 11/19/1942 | See Source »

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