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Area servicemen noted as training and serving abroad
Marine Pvt John A Stevens has returned to Camp Pendleton California after basic training in San Diego He earned a guide role for his platoon and a marksmanship badge His parents James W Stevens Sr and the family live in Decatur Alabama He enlisted in February 1968 and attended 1967 Decatur High School graduation Larry M Atkins a Falkville resident is at Wright Patterson AFB for AFROTC field training Cadet Atkins is a 1966 West Point High School graduate and part of the Alabama AFROTC unit Darryl G Howard of Cullman area is listed as Air Officer Pvt Campbell 20 from Ekmont assigned to Company A 2nd Battalion 1st Air Cavalry Division 5th Cavalry with the rifleman rank CIB badges noted Maj Byron B Woods of Decatur is attending Air University at Maxwell AFB and will join NYU as aerospace studies professor after graduation He is a WWII and Vietnam veteran and a Decatur High School graduate