Servicemen Progress Report Highlights Marine Roles
Marine Reserve Capt Vernon E Keys completes Amphibious Staff Planning Course at Little Creek Norfolk. Navy personnel Wilburn Echols and Diane Echols of Sanford plan to join Oceana base after leave. Jessie Walls begins eight weeks basic at Fort Jackson. William Cooper serves on duty at North Island Naval Air Station Diego. Robert Rose graduates recruit training at Great Lakes. Herbert Fields serves with Marine Wing Service Group 17 in Japan. Naval Cadet Harold Easter assigned to Hutchinson for advanced flight training. Edward Lusk at Whiting Field Milton for avionics training. Edward Walker earns Marine second lieutenant at Quantico and enters Officers Basic School. John Howard Jr departs Newport on midshipman cruise aboard USS Charles H Roan. James Walker returns to San Diego after seven months with USS Bennington in Far East.
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Marine Reserve
Vernon E. Keys
W. R. Keys
Bluefield
Grace C. Clauter
Roanoke
Little Creek
Norfolk
Marine Corps Reserve
John W. Howard Jr
Seaman
Newport
R. I
Charles H. Roan
South America
Annapolis
Hampton Roads
James A. Walker
USN
Marie N. Hamien
San Diego
Calif
Far East
Bennington
North Island Naval Air Station
Diego
Sqn
Oceania Naval Air Station
Virginia
Yokosuka
Yokohama
Sasebo
Kore
Japan
Hong Kong
Okinawa
Philippine Islands
Hawaii
Sidney, Anste
The
Project Paydirt to Boost Army Savings and Efficiency
Washington reports a year long Project Paydirt will accelerate the Army suggestion program to save millions. Over five years Army personnel and civilians submitted 71 741 ideas with 74 290 000 dollars saved in the year ending June 30 1956. European command notes soldiers’ ideas saved 1 092 000 dollars in a recent year.
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Washington
Williston B. Palmer
Army
European Command
Army trainfire system reshapes basic training at Benning
At Fort Benning Georgia a new rifle training method known as Trainfire challenges old drills. Recruits progress from stationary targets to dynamic, camouflaged foes in eight weeks earning 87 hours of rifle practice. The program aims to forge self-reliant, alert soldiers ready for dispersed, mobile future warfare.
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Benning
Korea
Itt von Steuben
George Beta
Valley Forge
Jayne Mansfield
Army
In Combat Co
Continental Army Command
Discharged SP/3 Hartley Snider receives medical Army discharge
Hartley Snider, a discharging SP/3, ends four and a half years of service after a medical discharge on June 5. Inducted in Columbus in 1952, he reenlisted at Fort Riley in 1955, served with the 39th Engineer Battalion until 1956, later with First Engineer Battalion, 1st Division, before hospital transfer and final separation in May.
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Hartley A. Snider
U. S. Army
Columbus
Ohio
Fort Riley
Kans
Riley
39Th Engineer Battalion
Snider
First Engineer Bn
Fitzsimmons Army Hospital
Denver
Colo
The
Engineers
West Virginia Leads Reserve Recruiting Surge
West Virginia doubles national average in Army Reserve enlistment since 1955. About 3,300 youths enrolled. rural areas suit grass roots recruiting. Col. Powers notes unit strength nearly doubles with improved morale and training. Captain Wyatt R. Wood credits after-hours home visits for success.
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West Virginia
West
Army Reserve
Wyatt R. Wood
Department of the Army
William G Powers
Charleston
398Th Infantry
Powers
Tazewell Principal To Attend Conferences
J. A. Hubbard of Tazewell County School Bluefield Va will attend three Virginia college conferences this summer. He plans to join the State Conference of Secondary School Principals at Hampton Institute June 19 21 and the Annual Conference of Vocational and Practical Arts Teachers at Virginia State College June 24 28 representing the State Principals Association. In the week of July 8 he will take part in a principals workshop at St Pauls Polytechnic Institute. All conferences are sponsored by the Virginia State Department of Education.
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J. A. Hubbard
Tazewell County
Bluefield
Virginia
Hampton Institute
Virginia State College
State Principals Association
Hubbard
St. Paul's Polytechnic Institute
Virginia State Department of Education
U S Army Europe Customs Detachment Guards Postwar Borders
The Military Police Customs Detachment in Europe, a small unit of six officers, 77 enlisted men and nine German civilians, patrols Germany to prevent smuggling and ensure customs compliance for US forces. They work with German authorities to speed shipments, deter contraband, and protect the German economy, using psychology and informants at border stations, sea and air ports.
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Germany
U. S. Army Europe
Army
U. S
Tanker Infantry Hikers Clash Over Endurance Feud
In ASCHAPFENBURG Germany U S Army units dispute which group is tougher as infantry marchers from the Tenth Infantry Division rival tankers from the Eighth Division. Leaders John W Fike and Joseph Kronemer cite a 41 hour journey from Wildflecken to Aschaffenburg challenging the tankers to a race.
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Aschapfenburg
Germany
Wildflecken
Aschaffenburg
Danube Valley
John W. Fike
Mechanicsburg
Joseph Kronemer
Charleroi
Pike
Pike and Company
Special Skeet Shoot at Tri-Angle Gun Club
A skeet shoot is set for this afternoon at the Tri-Angle Gun Club on Tazewell Road. The Skeet Committee announced the event starting at 2 PM with individual classes and prizes awarded according to age and scores.
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Tazewell Road
Eer
Ohio man trades two horses for a car
An Ohio man offered two horses to buy an automobile in a swift but informal deal. The exchange highlights a rural method of acquiring vehicles, reflecting local customs and the era's barter economy.
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Ohio
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Army Infantry
Daily Telegraph
W. Va
Armed Services
Telegraph Commercial Printing Company
Wilburn David Echols
Diane Echols
Sanford
Mr. and
Robert E. Echols
Naval Air Base
Oceana
Echols
Naval Service
Jessie D. Walls
Walter Walls
Doran
Fort Jackson
G&.c
Wiliam Jr
Burl A. Cooper
Princeton
North Island Naval Air Station Diego
Ifle
Robert L. Rose
Kirby L. Rose
Gary
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Marine Pfe
Herbert N. Fields
Arthur Fields
Grundy
Marine Wing
Rvice Group 17
1At
Marine Aircraft Wing
Iwakuni
Haroldeau E. Easter
Rufus L. Easter
Naval Air Station
Hutchinson
Edward E. Lusk
Aviation Electronice
E. Lusk
Whiting Field Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Milton
Fla. Whiting Field
Ames E. Walker
William E. Walker
Union
Patricia A. Rowan
Gap Mill
Quantico
Marine Officers Basic School
Marine Corps
Vann Il
U.S
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Ulacoic
Bailey Lumber Go
Luckies
Phillip Morris
Chesterfield
Piedmont
King Size
OLD Gold
Pall Mall
Cavalier
Raleigh
Fatima
Herbert Tarreyton
Filter Tip
Viceroy
Winston
Marlboro
Tarrytown
Kent
Parliament
WINGS
Benson & Hedges
NEW Graham Pharmacy
Rexall
Virginia Ave
Bluefield, Va
Tazewell
U. S. Public Health Service
F. D. Morse Jr
Morse
Glen Lyn
Narrows
Usph Indian Hospital
Crown Point
N. M
Oakvale High School
Concord College
Medical College of Virginia
Emilio A. Pietrantozzi
Air Force
Laredo Air Force Base
McComas
Farmers Bank OF
Clinch Valley
Tazewell, VA
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Bland ST
Bluefield, W.va
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Bluefield’s Popular Furniture Store
Kammer Furniture Co
Bluefield, W. Ve
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