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Don Henderson

Name

Henderson, Donald H.

Rank, Company, Regiment

PFC        HQ 1st   87TH INF

Birth date/Death Date

 

Vermont Location

Fairlee

Awards

BS, WIA 4/18/45

Importance of Vermont

 

First skiing experience

 

College

Middlebury College, Master's degree from Harvard, twice a   Fulbright scholar

Competitive Skiing

Varsity ski coach for Holderness School, Plymouth NH (1951-1969)
  Men's coach, USSA (1969- )

1964 women's Olympic coach

What was your experience in the 10th like?

Wounded in battle in Pisa near the Po River. Tendons were   severed but with two operations, he regained use.

Why did you join the 10th?

 

Ski Patrol

 

Ski School

                Director,   Tenney Mtn., NH

Ski Industry

 

Vermont Ski Area Connection

 

Role of Skiing in your Life

 

Other information

 

Photograph information

 

Information submitted by

Taken from secondary sources

 

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