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Name
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Lockwood, Theodore D.
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Rank, Company, Regiment
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DIV-HQ
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Birth date/Death Date
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Vermont Location
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Stowe
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Awards
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Importance of Vermont
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First skiing experience
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"I participated in a 200-yard cross-country scramble without poles in 1930 at the Dartmouth Carnival. (I was living with my parents in Hanover at the time.)
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College
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Competitive Skiing
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"…I did help out with the Harvard ski team (1956-59).
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What was your experience in the 10th like?
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"I enjoyed the training period as much as one can enjoy being a noncom (Cpl for life it seemed at the time). Obviously it was the presence of so many interesting men in the 86th, then being formed in March 1943. I had always enjoyed the mountains and used occassions in the summer to join others in some climbs in the area. Texas was another story: I contracted a severe case of poison oak and seldom went into the field. The scenery was not as beguiling as Colorado.
When we went overseas to Italy, it accomplished one thing: the end of rumors as to where in the world we would be shipped. I was fortunate in not being wounded. My job varied according to the wishes of the officers each day. I kept all the documents for the division and periodically transferred them to 5th Army in Florence; I went out on liaison missions whenever the general was uncertain as to whereabouts of other divisions; I distributed Stars and Stripes to the front units; and assisted in G-3 even though I was technically I&E." "In early 1943 I knew that, having turned 18, I would be drafted. I decided to volunteer just ahead of the time my number would come up. I had been skiing for Northwood School in Lake Placid and had been a member of the National Ski Patrol. Wade Hicks at the Lake Placid Club provided the necessary paper work for Minnie Dole."
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Why did you join the 10th?
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Ski Patrol
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Ski School
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Ski Industry
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Vermont Ski Area Connection
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Role of Skiing in your Life
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Other information
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Photograph information
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Information submitted by
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Ted Lockwood
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