Jungle warfare school trains U S troops for Vietnam
At Fort Sherman Panama Jungle Operations Training Center equips GIs bound for Vietnam with jungle skills. Trainees endure mock ambushes booby traps and night patrols learning to move through Gatun Dinh village terrain while facing Viet Cong like scenarios and a harsh test of nerve and combat readiness.
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William H. Gorshe
UPI
Vietnam
Fort Sherman
Jungle Operations Training Center
JOTC
United States
Panama
U.S
Department of the Army
Herbert B. Winkeller
Winkeller
Winkeler
Mekong
Panama Canal
Boston
Southeast Asia
Gatum Dinh
Gatun Dinh
U.S. Army
School of the Americas
Fort Gulick
Sidewalk Ambassadors Sought For Welcome Week
Murray J. Brown reports SATW urges volunteers across the United States to act as Sidewalk Ambassadors during Welcome a Visitor Week June 15 to 21. Volunteers will hand out guidance on helping strangers and offering clear directions to promote hospitality and support Visit U.S.A and Discover America campaigns.
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The
Society of American Travel Writers
SATW
Visit
U.S.A
Discover America
United States
SATV
Ruth Warren
New York City
Oh Moon's OK quote highlights need for voyage adjectives
Column humorously notes Apollo 10 astronauts lack vivid adjectives for moon and earth views. Urges NASA to prepare a set of fitting descriptors and promote understated, memorable lines for the first moon landing moments. Mentions SATW founders and travel writers as advocates of hospitality and indirect public outreach through Sidewalk Ambassadors.
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Washington
UPI
Moon
Earth
U.S
NASA
Almanac entry for June 2, 1969 historical notes
The June 2 1969 almanac lists celestial positions for Mercury Venus Saturn in the morning and Mars Jupiter in the evening. It notes historical events on this day including Lee leading Confederate armies in 1862 and Elizabeth II’s 1953 coronation. It also mentions 1924 Indian citizenship act and 1964 Shastri becoming India’s prime minister.
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Mercury
Venus
Saturn
Mars
Jupiter
Robert E. Lee
Virginia
North Carolina
Congress
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Castro
Paddock Publications
General Office
NCR
Ccar
W. Campbell
Arlington Heights
Murray J. Brown
New York
By Dick West
E. B. White
Stuart Little
Stuart
the Almanac
United Press International
Ernest Heming- Way
CECT
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