ski troops
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ski troops
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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He served in World War II in the famed 10th Mountain Division, the Army’s ski troops, as leader of a special weapons platoon.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2018
He briefly trained with mountain ski troops in Colorado but was granted a requested transfer to a camouflage battalion in Maryland, where he made silk screen posters used to teach concealment techniques.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2015
As a child he skied three miles to school and tried at 16 to join the ski troops in the war with Nazi Germany.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet, for 150 years, armies have favored training ski troops.
From Time Magazine Archive
Early in January, when we had all just returned from the Christmas holidays, a recruiter from the United States ski troops showed a film to the senior class in the Renaissance Room.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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