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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1966
Page
4
Coffmann and Livingston were among four men wounded during a Viet Cong encounter. Coffmann sustained four hits in Korea and once before in Vietnam, while Livingston received shrapnel to the face. The others were not hospitalized, and the men relaxed at camp later, with Livingston drinking a rum and coke.
In jungle south of Chu Lai Marines endure 40 minute battle as platoon officer Crawford receives sixth Purple Heart. Sgt Clovis Coffmann and Cpl Alistair Livingston hold backs to back with pistols and grenades while others evacuee. Viet Cong casualties reported at least 16.
In Cleveland, Judge Francis Talty set a Friday ruling on a defense motion to relocate Samuel Sheppard's murder retrial. F. Lee Bailey introduced five scrapbooks and four Cleveland Press issues as exhibits, while Donald Clausen, a Peace Corps volunteer, was announced as assigned to Ecuador after training at Denison University.
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