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Name
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Rockwell, Jr., Edwin C.
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Rank, Company, Regiment
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PVT K; C 87TH INF; 85TH INF
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Birth date/Death Date
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Vermont Location
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Middlebury
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Awards
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Importance of Vermont
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First skiing experience
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"My involvement with mountains and skiing dates back to a start in Vermont at the age of six years."
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College
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University of Maine (Forestry)
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Competitive Skiing
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What was your experience in the 10th like?
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Involved in Kiska mission "Was in the 87th group that spearheaded the attack on the island of Kiska in the Aleutians August 1943."
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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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Mountains - Rockwell went on to be a forest ranger at Inyo National Forest. He established the Eastern Sierra Interpretative Association.
Film liaison for "Lassie" filmed in the Patriarch Grove of the Bristlecone Forest in 1972, for Forest Service.
At 81 carried the 2002 Olympic torch in the Lake Tahoe region.
"Heavily involved with the development of skiing in the Sierra Nevada Mountains-Mammoth Mountain in particular."
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Photograph information
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Information submitted by
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Answers taken from secondary sources
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