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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1964
Page
8
News notes list Army Navy and Air Force assignments across states and overseas. Names include John H. Hames of Decatur Alabama at Ft. Eustis Virginia, Noble E. Lee of Cullman Alabama at Goodfellow AFB Texas, Dennis Haney of Athens Georgia with Seventh Fleet, and Denis East of Lacey's Spring Alabama at radioman school.
Pvt Harold Dean Parker age 23 son of Mr and Mrs Earl Parker of Decatur 1 recently completed basic training at Fort Jackson South Carolina He entered Co B Parker 20th Special Forces in April and is set to begin airborne training at Fort Benning Georgia in October He attended Priceville High School and worked for Bama Cigar Co before enlisting in the Army Nearby notes Pvt Charles D Shink les assigned to the 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment and Gerald D Shinkles mentioned in the same dispatch
U S Army Europe members PFC Robert A. Dement and James E. Lucas of the 2d Battalion 75th Artillery joined the NATO British American field exercise Mambo Rock in Germany ending July 2. Dement, son of Monroe and Mrs Dement of Athens entered the Army in May 1963 and completed basic training at Fort Polk. Lucas, son of Mr and Mrs Sandy Lucas of Athens, also entered the Army.
The text notes a Theta Chi member received a B S degree from the University of Alabama and mentions his wife Polly J Morris formerly from Alpharetta Georgia.
SMYRNA Tenn Tim A Taylor Decatur recently completed the summer Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps instruction at Stewart AFB Tenn Cadet Taylor a member of the unit at Auburn University observed and took part in flying and support phases of operations during the month long period He is the son of Mr and Mrs Avery Taylor formerly of 1607 Woodland St Decatur Bobby D Ball fireman apprentice USN son of Mr and Mrs Brady Ball Decatur participated aboard the Navy aircraft carrier USS Bannington in the SIGTAS combined sea assault and airborne combat training exercise May 12 to June 10
Grafenwohr Germany Army PFC Bobby C Bloodworth son of Mr and Mrs James O Bloodworth Athens 2 is in three weeks of annual summer training ending Aug 10 He receives extensive training and testing in rifle squad tactics chemical biological and radiological warfare use of flame throwers and hand grenades He is a machinegunner in Company
Entries list personnel with units and hometowns: a 51st Infantry soldier near New Ulm Germany who joined in 1963. Bloodworth a Tanner High graduate employed by Marks Products. USS Essex boilerman Tommy D Beddingfield son of Mr and Mrs Ollie Eaves Athens 1. Dennis M Calvert Crane Hill son of Mr and Mrs D A Calvert completing Air Force basic training at Lackland and selected for air traffic training at Keesler. Bremen Cold Springs High School graduate Airman Calvert. J C Dewey L Robertson Falkville 3 son of Mr and Mrs John D Robertson graduated from a technical training course.
Air Force data system specialist from Keesler AFB Mississippi, Airman Robertson, who learned to operate electronic communications and computer equipment for air defense, is reassigned to an Air Defense Command unit at Burns Air Force Station Oregon. He is a Cullman Alabama native, a Cullman High School graduate. His wife Mary is daughter of Mrs Coleen Hege of Winston-Salem North Carolina.
Army Pvt Bobby R Steele, 23, son of Mr and Mrs Jim M Steele of Decatur, is assigned to the 7th Infantry Division Headquarters Company here. He entered the Army last January, was last stationed at Fort Knox Kentucky, and previously attended Mount Hope.
Army Pvt. William S. Holden 22 son of Mr and Mrs William G Holden Rogersville 1 was assigned to the U S Army Garrison Biological Laboratories at Fort Detrick Md on June 21 Holden entered the Army last April and completed basic training at Fort Polk La He is a 1958 Lexington High School and 1963 Florence State College graduate and prior to service worked for the Communicable Disease Center in Atlanta.
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