Area Men in Service Reported From Diverse Posts
T H Draper airman USN son of Mr and Mrs Ruben Draper Hartselle 3 serves with Air borne Early Warning Maintenance and Training Squadron 2 at Barbers Point. Sgt Garry Powers 21 Cullman 2 is with the 57th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion Battery C in Wiesbaden Germany. Capt Truman G Glasscock praised by Col Emmett S Davis for duties contributing to Air Force Flying Safety Award. unit part of Tactical Air Command's 312th Fighter Bomber Wing.
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Barbers Point
T. H
Willard Draper
USN
Ruben Draper
Hartselle 3
Barber’s Point
T.H
Wiesbaden
Germany
AHTNC
Garry K. Powers
C. C. Powers
Cullman 2
Portrait of Capt Glasscock Serving at Clovis AFB
Brig Gen Momyer notes Capt Glasscock son of John A Glasscock of Decatur. He serves as maintenance officer with the 386th Fighter-Bomber Squadron at Clovis AFB New Mexico. Glasscock attended Decatur High, graduated in 1937, and entered service in 1937.
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William W. Momyer
Glasscock
John A. Glasscock
Decatur
386Th
Clovis Afb
N.M
Decatur High
Turner Joins 2nd Armored Division in Germany
Army Pvt. Frank W. Turner and his family of Athens report his arrival in Germany where he serves in the 48th Medical Battalion of the 2nd Armored Division after entering service last December and completing basic training at Fort Sam Houston Texas. Joseph B Veal Jr Boatswain's Mate Second Class son of Joseph B Veal of Cullman and husband of Ya Mann took part in NATO Operation Green Pivot aboard USS Des Moines in the Mediterranean Sea during May 1969.
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2Nd Armored DIV
Germany
AHTNC
Army
Pvt
Frank W. Turner
Maudie
Lee P. Turner
Athens 5
2Nd Armored Division
Turner
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
U.S. Sixth Fleet
FHTNC
Joseph B. Veal, Jr
USN
Joseph B. Veal
Cullman
Ya J. Mann
Clark St. Cullman
Des Moines
Mediterranean Sea
Explosion Damages U S Midget Sub X 1
An explosion damaged about five feet of the bow of the Navy's experimental midget submarine X-1 at Portsmouth New Mexico last night. Two of the five man crew were aboard but no one was hurt. The X-1 is a harbor penetration vessel for underwater demolition teams, 50 feet long, 7 foot beam, 25 tons displacement, and 11 feet high with the periscope down.
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Portsmouth
N. M
Navy
Animals bite Miami mailmen in postal accident report
An annual report records fifty three dogs and one mouse injuring Miami postmen last year. A mailman felt a stab while reaching into a mailbox and saw a mama mouse with a litter inside the box.
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Miami
Fla
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Antioch
Town Creek
Hazlewood
Civitan Park
Robert Berryman
Linda Owen
Jimmie Long
Gene Keenum
Jimmie Clark
Larry Coleman
Joe White
Sth Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
Powers
Thurs
Angus
New Moulton Road
U.S
DE Soto
Desoto
Courtesy Motors
Grant Street
Firestone
Firestone Store Home Owned—Home Operated
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