Harris Dusenbery was a member of the ski troops during World War II
By Tom Vogt, Columbian
Science, Military & History Reporter
Published: January 24, 2015, 4:00pm
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• Harris Dusenbery was a co-winner in 2012 of the Community Foundation’s first-ever Lifetime of Giving Award, honoring years of philanthropic generosity by Dusenbery and his wife, Evelyn, who died in 2008. Another award went to Margaret Colf Hepola, who died in December.
• Charles Minot Dole, president of the National Ski Patrol, lobbied Army officials in 1940 to train troops in mountain and winter warfare.
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