From the March 11, 2015, Goldsboro (NC) News-Argus/AP "WWII skiers-turned-soldiers meet servicemen slope side."
North Conway,, New Hampshire.
During World War II, the U.S. government turned skiers into soldiers. Richard Calvert, 91, was one of them. The Hannes Schneider Meister Cup Race was held at Cranmore Mountain on Saturday and Calvert beat many of the younger soldiers.
This day was more about former and current members of the 10th Mountain Division meeting one another. The 10th Mountain Division is credited with hastening the end of World War II and the rise of the American ski industry.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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