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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1966
Page
8
Decatur residents Hobbie and Hooper receive Army honors and assignments. Donald D. Gibson from Hartselle trains as Air Force aircraft mechanic at Sheppard AFB. Bobby E. Harris of Decatur completes a combat engineer course at Fort Leonard Wood for the Reserve Enlistment Program.
Mitchell L. Brown of Decatur promoted to specialist four with the 582d Medical Company in Germany. Pvt William O. Kerby of Town Creek completed a 12 week radio relay and carrier operation course at Fort Gordon Georgia. Pfc Eddie L. Allen of Cullman 1 assigned to 173d Airborne Brigade in Vietnam after basic at Fort Gordon. A3C James W. Roan of Decatur graduated from Sheppard AFB to become an Air Force aircraft mechanic and heads to Patrick AFB Florida.
Army Private Thomas R. Hobbie, son of Mr and Mrs John C Hobbie of Hartselle, is a member of a newly formed 3d Infantry Division armor battalion in Aschaffenburg Germany. Hobbie is assigned as a tank crewman.
Fremon R. Whatley son of Mr and Mrs F E Whatley of Cullman Alabama has joined the U S Air Force as an aircraft mechanic. Airman Whatley, a Cullman High School graduate, will be assigned to Langley AFB Virginia for duty with the Tactical Air Command.
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