Area Men In Service News Briefs
Sgt Edward E Tennison of the 46th Air Refueling Squadron at Schilling AFB Salina Kansas graduates from Goethe Strategic Standardization School at Barksdale AFB La He is in the 2000 Hour Club and ranks second in boom operation with 2,000,000 pounds transferred First is 3,000,000 pounds Sgt and Mrs Tennison and their children plan a June visit to relatives in Elkmont Alabama and Salina Kansas Meanwhile in BUSSAC France Army Specialist Third Class Hoyt E Bostick and his wife Janice now with Route 1 Fort Meade Fla have joined the 106th Transportation Battalion as a driver in the 55th Transportation Company Bostick native of Moulton Alabama and son of Cester and previous residents Denney Rexford H Army Specialist Third Class son of James and Mrs Denney Route 7 Cullman Alabama has arrived at Fort Benning Ga with the 82nd Airborne Division 325th Infantry for summer training as a trainee
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Edward E. Tennison
46Th Air Refueling
Schilling Air Force Base
Saliva
Kansas
Tennison
Calvin Durham
Sam Tennison
Elkmont 2
Bussac
France
AHTNC
Hoyte
Bostick
Janice
Fort Meade
Fla
106Th Transportation Battalion
55Th Transportation Company
Army
Lawrence County High School
Moulton
Ala
Cester Bostick
Fort Benning, GA
AHT
Rexford H. Denney
James D. Denney
Route 7
Cullman
Fort Benning
82Nd Airborne Division
325Th Infantry
Denny
ROTC Instructor to Aid All-Army Rifle Matches at Georgia Fort
Denny, a 22-year-old Army sergeant, will train ROTC cadets and support the All-Army rifle and pistol matches at a Georgia fort later this month. He enlisted in August 1956, trained at Fort Jackson, and serves as a rifleman in Company E, 11th Infantry at Fort Bragg. A Cullman City High School graduate class of 1954, he also attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute Auburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Officer Training Corps
Georgia Fort
Denny
Army
Fort Jackson
S. C
Fort Bragg
N. C
Cullman City High School
Alabama _Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Navy crewman serves aboard USS Essex in Mediterranean
Rodrick D. Washburn machinist mate third class USN son of Earnest S. Washburn Garden City Alabama is serving aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Essex operating as a unit of the U S Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea The home port of the Essex is Mayport Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mediterranean
Rodrick D. Washburn
USN
Earnest S. Washburn
Garden City
Ala
U.S.S. Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean Sea
Mayport
Fla
Marine Pvt Dillard F Trussell to graduate infantry course
Marine Pvt Dillard F Trussell son of Mr and Mrs R F Trussell of Decatur Alabama is slated to graduate May 15 from a four week infantry training course at Camp Lejeune North Carolina. The program follows recruit training and covers field living bivouacs and marches. At Fort Benning Georgia Army Sgt Ben L Sowell of Athens Alabama joined the 82d Airborne Division 325th Infantry for summer training and duties as Reserve Officer support. His wife Rosa lives in Laurel Hill North Carolina. He entered the Army in 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Marine Pvt
Dillard F. Trussell
R. F. Trussell
12Th Ave
N. W
Decatur
Ala
Marine Corps Base
Fort Benning, GA
AHTNC
Army
Ben L. Sowell
Early Sowell
Athens
Fort Benning
82D Airborne Division
325Th Infantry
Lowell
Officer Training Corps
Georgia Fort
325Th
Fort Bragg
Rosa
Laurel Hill
Graves Remembrance After Ruskin Heights Tornado
Kansas City report recalls the Ruskin Heights tornado that struck at 5 30 p m from Emporia Kansas killing 39 and destroying 483 homes The suburb has been rebuilt with graves serving as memorials and views from air showing restored rooflines and street curves since the disaster anniversary noted in the piece
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Ruskin Heights
Emporia
Kan
Ottawa
Hill City
Kansas
Martin City
Ruskin
Heights
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Linda Dunaway
Cotaco, Jr
Judy Burns
Hartselle
Vandalyn Jones
Falkville
Wanda Smith
Danville
Charlie Wallace
Danvilla Jr
Judy Burrough
Termite
East Moultén St
Moc Cain
Bank ST
Gene Aker
Tomorra
Ao Rasslin
Clancy
Collier
Board of Revenue and Control
Pd. Pol
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Sat
Allied Fence CO
Fairlane Club Victoria
Ford
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Dial
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