Air Force Academy to Open with 300 Cadets at Lowry
Denver reports that the U S Air Force Academy will begin this summer at Lowry Air Force Base with 300 cadets selected from 6300 nominees. Brig Gen Don Zimmerman calls the class highly qualified and capable of a lifetime Air Force career, as plans outline a 1948-57 build up ending near Colorado Springs.
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Air Force Academy
Denver
Colorado
U.S. Air Force Academy
Lowry Air Force Base
United States
Don Zimmerman
Ood
Air Force
Harmen
Congress
Lowry
Colorado Springs
Academy Academy
Staggers to Headline West Virginia VFW Encampment Banquet
More than 500 visitors prepare for a three day VFW encampment in Bluefield with speakers including Harley Staggers James W. Cothran and William Pat Jennings. The event opens Thursday with ceremonies and business sessions followed by a banquet Friday night at the Bluefield Auditorium.
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Bluefield
West Virginia Department
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans Affairs
Fea
Bluefield Auditorium
Harley
Staggers
Coffey
James W. Cothran
National Organization of Vfw
William Pat Jennings
Virginia
Ninth
R. R. Myers
U. S&. Marine Corps
Keyser
Mineral County
VU. S&s. Congress
Emory and Henry College
Navy Air Corps
American Legion
VFW
CAV
Amvets
Lions, Elks
Knights of Pythias
West Virginia State Moose Association
Matz
Council of Administration
Cothran
Richard Rundle
First Christian Church
Bland St
Pocahontas Exhibition Inc
American Legion Club
Col. Myers
H. G. Hooks
VARC
Huntington
T. H. Pat McGovran
B. Linton
W. E. Gilrt
Wellman Son Serves With Seventh Cavalry in Japan
In Japan P% P%. Wint D. Wellman, son of Mr and Mrs W B Wellman of McComas, is stationed with the Seventh Cavalry Regiment Heavy Mortar Co at Hungan Japan. He has served in the Army for the past 17 months.
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Richard M. Mosrie
Matoaka
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md
Margaret Sizemore
Concord Colege
Wint D. Wellman
Mrs. W. B. Wellman
Heavy Mortar Co
Hungan
Japan
James M. Bowling
Third Clauss
USN
L. G. Bowling Jr
Center St
Princeton
Navy
Third Marine Division
Camp Gifu
Princeton High School
Ronald H. Byrd
Elbert FE. Byrd
Westview St
Narrows
Arlene R. Uhlenberg
Portsmouth
Zellars
Norfolk
Mediterranean
North Atlantic
Robert B. Whitworth
J. L. Whitworth
Pocahontas, Va
William E. Wimmer
French Wimmer
Route 1
Box 85
Bluefield
Second Marine Division
Camp Lejeune
N. C
James P. West
Seaman
C. J. West
Rock
Peggy A. Woolwine
Montcalm
Hornet
Far East
Seventh Fleet
Military allots training for several area servicemen
A Bluefield Montcalm delegation and others join Company G 506th Airborne at Fort Jackson for basic training. Several relatives and service members are named with previous duties and honors including Navy, Army Air Forces, and Marine Corps awards and assignments in Japan, Norfolk, and the Seventh Fleet region.
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Bluefield
Montcalm
506Th Airborne Infantry Regiment
Fort Jackson
S. C
Ruth Williams
Stewney
Robert Alley
Blues
Franklin Conley
Deel
Mary Loy Conley
James Clayton Conley
Jettie Conley
Gene A. Rutherford
Carl A. Rutherford
Pocahaguias
Airborne Field Artillery
Encampment concludes with Jennings speech Saturday
William L. Kell Bluefield city manager will welcome convention members at Hotel Matz Thursday morning. The encampment will include National Council Member Marjorie Sidebottom and auxiliary co president Bessie Van Horn among others.
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Jennings
William L. Kell
Bluefield
Hotel Matz
National Council
Marjorie Sidebottom
Bessie van Horn
Auxiary
Commission Seeks Ex POWs For Potential Benefits
A Bluefield man and two area residents, all former prisoners of war in Korea, are being sought by the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission regarding POW benefits. Letters to the ex-POWs were returned, and they are urged to report their address to the commission in Washington. Joe H. Ascue, Patrick Crea Jr., and Eugene G. Hunt are the missing individuals, with benefits applications due by August 21.
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Bluefield
Korea
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
Commission
Washington
D. C
Stanley D. Pace
Joe H. Ascue
Army Pay Taxes Route Through Treasury at Fort Harrison
The U S Treasury receives about 12 million dollars monthly in 1954 from the Army Finance Center at Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana. The payments reflect the average monthly income tax withheld from Army enlisted and officer personnel during the war and are credited to the Treasurer of the United States via the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
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Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
U. S. Treasury
Finance Center
U. S. Army
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
United States
Colonel Warms Feet With Combat Rations
Fort Hood Texas Lieutenant Colonel Amadeo Jacabelli, safety officer for the Fourth Armored Division, uses two cans of combat rations heated in his sleeping bag to keep his feet warm during cold nights of maneuvers. He eats the remaining patty for breakfast.
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Fort Hood
Tex
Amadeo Jacabelli
Fourth Armored Division
Pennsylvania Extends Bonus Deadline to 1956
The Pennsylvania governor signed a bill extending the World War I veterans bonus filing deadline to December 31, 1956. Veterans now living in West Virginia who served from Pennsylvania and meet the bonus requirements may apply by writing the Pennsylvania World War II Veterans Compensation Bureau in Harrisburg.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Discharged Firs Lt William S Greenspon Returns from Honolulu
Discharged First Lt William S Greenspon U S Army Medical Corps returned yesterday by air from Honolulu where he completed an 18 month tour at Tripler General Hospital. He was separated from the Army at Oakland California Thursday and will visit his parents before moving to New York to take a residency in Psychiatry at Bellevue Hospital. Bus facilities at the Pentagon can handle 25000 passengers an hour.
One Year Left In First GI Bill Ends For Most Vets
The Veterans Administration reminded World War II veterans that July 25, 1956, ends the original GI Bill benefits for all but a small exempt group. Those who enlisted between October 6, 1945, and October 5, 1946 have nine years to finish GI training after their enlistment ends. The 1956 deadline targets World War II trainees only, not the Korean GI Bill. Over 7.8 million veterans have used some form of training since the program began, peaking in 1947 with over 2.5 million in classrooms and training.
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Veterans Administration
Armed Forces
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
W. VA
Cpl
Raymond Lester
Maybeury
Co. I
150Th Infantry Regiment
West Virginia National Guard
Camp Breckinridge
Harley Staggers
Nancy French
Alfred Land, Jeweler
Seventh Cavalry Regiment
Daily Telegraph
Binefield
Armed Services
Telegraph Commercial Printing Company
Saratoga Springs, N. Y
Pocahontas High School
Bobby Myers
Anna Myers
Fred L. Myers
Treasure Island
San Francisco
la Grange High School
Lake Charles
Naval Station
San Diego
Myers
Pentagon
Geott- Atwater
Atwater
Scott-Atwater
Scott
Princeton Avenue
Star Chief
Custom
Catalina
Istory
Pontiac
America
Bluefield Avenue
Bluefield, W. VA
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