MP Accepts Patch Directly From General Ridgway
Fort Richardson Alaska reports Army MP Sergeant John R. Russell of Waco Texas collected 345 Army unit patches over ten years. He recalls asking General Ridgway for a patch and receiving it directly from the general, noting patches carry meaning when earned from unit commanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Richardson
Alaska
General Ridgway
82Nd Airborne Division
John R. Russell
Waco
Tex
Russell
Airman Neece Reports for Transfer to Germany
Overseas A/3C Donald R. Neece son of Mr and Mrs Roby Neece of North Tazewell Virginia has reported to Manhattan Beach Air Force Station in Brooklyn New York for transfer to Weisbaden Germany Neece took basic at Lackland AFB Texas and spent five months at the Electronic Center of the Air Keesler AFB Mississippi He is an air traffic control specialist and spent a 30 day leave with his parents before reporting for transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald R. Neece
Roby Neece
North Tazewell
Manhattan Beach Air Force Station
Brooklyn
N. Y
Weisbaden
Germany
Neece
Lackland Afb
Texas
Electronic Center of the Air
Keesler Afb
Mississippi
Bivouac Begins For Local Men At Fort Knox
Fort Knox Kentucky hosts a three day bivouac for the 150th Cavalry Regiment in cooperation with the West Virginia National Guard. Southern West Virginia citizen soldiers will live in the field with tanks and equipment on a forested area of the fort. Lt Col Daniel D Holliday notes training continues in the field for three days before the unit returns to beds on terra firma and completes a motor march back to West Virginia.
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Fort Knox
150Th Cavalry
West Virginia National Guard
West Virginia
150Th
Daniel D. Holliday
Holliday
Terra Firma
Woman Serves Alone In Office Full Of Males
Master Sergeant Gladys E. Collins of Shreveport Louisiana is the only woman in an office of men during Exercise King Cole in the Louisiana maneuver area. She has three years wartime WAC service, joined the Army Reserve, and is assigned to the 75th Maneuver Area Command Umpire Group based in Shreveport. She served as chief clerk in the exercise personnel section and remains a mail room supervisor at the Veterans Administration in Shreveport where all colleagues are male.
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Fort Polk
Gladys E. Collins
Shreveport
Women's Army Corps
Louisiana
WAC
Army Reserve
75Th Maneuver Area Command
Collins
Veterans’ Administration
Army electronic computer programmer fuels fast calculations
Specialist William D. Mellin of Gardner Massachusetts serves as an electronic computer programmer in the Army Signal Corps. He programs problems for electronic brains that replace days of manual work, then debugs results to prevent garbage in garbage out.
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Washington
Bizmac
Univac
William D. Mellin
Gardner
Mass
Mellin
Signal Corps
Merlin
Army
Duke University
Pentagon
Man Keeps Radios For Horses In Stable
In Kalamazoo, 78 year old Harry Myers, who has rarely used modern gadgets, says he keeps two radios tuned to music in his horse stable. He admits he has never seen an airplane up close or a television, and hardly reads a newspaper.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Harry Myers
Myers
Eleven youths enlist in Marine Corps for three years
On May 1 local Marine Recruiter T Sgt Rocky Lane signed eleven boys for three year terms in the regular Marine Corps. They went to Beckley for swearing in and then to Parris Island for recruit training. Their names include Jerry Alexander Thompson Kenneth Dean Shumate James Walter Wood Jr Herbert Wilson Owen Jr David Lee Roberts Roger Owens Gates Joe Eloe Calleja Joseph Sfreddo David Harland Quesenberry and Calvin Dowglage Nelson.
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Marine Corps
Rocky Lane
Beckley
Parris Island
S. C
Jerry Alexander Thompson
C. H. Thompson
Edgewood Road
Bluefield
Kenneth Dean Shumate
E. A. Shumate
Route 2
James Walter Wood Jr
J. W. Wood
Herbert Wilson Owen Jr
H. H. Owen
Lyndale Ave
David Lee Roberts
F. M. Roberts
Caretta
Roger Owens Gates
Syron Gates
War
Joe Eloe Calleja
Mrr
Joe Calleja
Welch
Joseph Sfreddo
Dan Sfreddo
David Harland Quesenberry
Rollie W. Quesenberry
Calvin Dowglage Nelson
Jess Nelson
Division Sees Warrior View of Pentomic Fight
Fort Riley Kansas soldiers of the First Infantry Division tested the pentomic structure in action and praised the increased firepower. Sgt First Class Russell Prater of McGuffey Ohio described the 11 man squad as split into two five man fire teams with automatic rifles, supported by a weapons squad and heavy machine guns. The pentomic rifle company includes four rifle platoons and a weapons platoon with three 81mm recoilless rifle squads, jeep mounted, plus support from division artillery and combat group mortars and missiles.
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Fort Riley
Kans
Russell Prater
McGuffey
Ohio
Prater
Pentomic Rifle Company
VA Tells Senate on GI Loan Problems
Senate testimony outlined today that about 600000 WWII veterans may be unable to use GI home loan rights due to tight money. Korean veterans face reduced chances unless mortgage funds surge, with only 200000 WWII users before July 25, 1958. VA data show 4729000 WWII veterans have used GI loans in 13 years, and 476000 Korean loans issued to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Thomas J. Sweeney
Congress
House Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Olin E. Teague
D-Tex
Area Marines return to Camp LeJeune after Mediterranean tour
Marines of the 2nd Battalion 6th Regiment arrived home at Camp LeJeune North Carolina after a Mediterranean duty. Names include Pfc James G Williams Pvt Enoch Bailey Pfc Henry G Burrell Kyle N Smith Cpl Jack Conan Pfc Michael Vakwvik and Airman Earl M Ellison. The unit served as amphibious support for the Sixth Fleet visiting Spain Italy Greece Turkey Sardinia Crete Malta Gibraltar and Lebanon. Ellison was named outstanding airman at Whiteman Air Force Base for June and Meridith completed recruit training at Paris Island.
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6Th Regiment
Camp LeJeune
N. C
Mediterranean
James G. Williams
Richard G. Williams
Oakvale
Enoch Bailey
John S. Bailey
Rock
Pfe
Crystal
Kyle N. Smith
D. K. Smith
Bluefield
Jack Conan
Dingess
Michael Vakwvik
Bicklhorn
U. S
Spain
Italy
Greece
Turkey
Sardinia
Crete
Malta
Gibraltar
Lebanon
Earl M. Ellison
Enastus P. Ellison
Camp Creek
Whiteman Air Force Base
340Th
Eighth Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Ellison
Spanishburg
The
Air Force
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Jack Peoples
Danny Sarver
Lewis Bailey
Bluefield and Co
15Th Cavalry Regiment
Patch
White House
DidpeRias
W. Va
Mullens
Matoake
Gilbert
Wytheville
Ve. Grundy
Low Gap
John H. Pruett
Sears
Jimmy’‘s Restaurant
Chrysler
Southern Refrigeration Distributing Co
Roa
Noke
Mac
Jimmy
Bluefield, W, VA
Robert L. Rose
Richard Rose
Rifle Range
Naval Amphibious Base
Little Creek
Rose
Beaver High School
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Marines
Daily Telegraph
W Va
Armed Services
Telegraph Commercial Printing Company
Henry G. Burrell
Mrs. Paul Burrell
Herndon
Lester L. Meridith
Chapman . Meridith
Pembroke
Marine On Recruit Depot
Ing
Threeere
Marine Infantry
Lejeune
Kresge’s
Rotary
Jennings Radio & TV CO
Athens
Woodburys Radio & TV
Pearisburg
Richlands Radio & TV
Richlands
Patterson Radio & TV
Tarzewell
Grundy TV CO
Meyers Electronics, Inc
College Ave
Americo Mariotti
Cumberland Road
Cumberland Super Market
AMMED
Bluefield, W.V
Bluefield’s Popular Furniture Store
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