Navy exercise Sol id Shield '78 draws six area residents
Six area residents from Upper Chichester and nearby towns are reported in Exercise Solid Shield '78. Lt Cmdr Thomas R Johnson of Haverford Township serves as air operations officer aboard USS Mount Whitney in Norfolk with amphibious group 2. Others include Richard K Bitter on Mount Whitney, Donald L Blackiston on Kalamazoo, Lance Cpl Barry D Lee and Lance Cpl Eugene G Kozuch from Camp Lejeune, and Lance Cpl Thomas J Arthur and Pvt James N DiGiorgio on Battalion Landing Team 2/2 from Camp Lejeune. The exercise spans Camp Lejeune and Fort Stewart and involves Navy Atlantic Fleet and Marine Force units, plus Army 18th Airborne Corps and Air Force TAC and MAC components. Johnson is Villanova trained. Blackiston, Lee, Kozuch are Chichester grads. Frantz, a related pilot graduate, joins SAC duties. other local service members hail from Chester Township, Aldan, Drexel Hill, Upper Darby, and Yeadon.
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Harry Maitland
Daily Times Starf
Upper Chichester
U.S. Navy
Cmdr
Thomas R. Johnson
Robert J. Johnson
N. Drexel
Ave
Connie
Joseph A. D’alonzo
E. Turnbull
Haverford Township
Amphibious Group 2
Amphibious Command
USS Mount Whitney
Norfolk
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Ft. Stewart
U.S. ‘Navy
Atlantic’ Fleet
Atlantic Fleet Marine Force
U.S. Army
18Th Airborne Corps
U.S. Air Force
Tactical Air’ Command
TAC
Military Airlift Command
MAC
Richard K. Bitter
Jerry C. Spencer
Garnet Mine Road
Bethel
Comrad
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Donald L. Blackiston
Curtis L. Blackiston
Meetinghouse Road
Kalamazoo
Lance
Barry D. Lee
Albert Lee
Galbreath Ave
2Nd
Combat Engineer Battalion
Marine Corps
Eugene G
Ermano V. DiGiorgio
Stoneybrook Lane
Drexel Hill
Upper Darby
Johnson
Villanova University
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Lee
Chichester High School
Kozuch
Lansdowne-Aldan High School
Randell C. Frantz
Edwin C Frantz
Olde House Lane
Middletown
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Penncrest High School
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Harris St
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Frankie L. Jones
Melvin Tyler
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John V. Lindsay Jr
Fern St
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