Rucker Roundup: New Chief for Salary and Wage Section
A new chief arrives to direct the Salary and Wage Section of Civilian Personnel. The move follows ongoing personnel changes at headquarters as Mrs. Boneh and Col Williams Avatill are noted among staff. A 25th wedding anniversary in Chicago is mentioned along with family updates and pending plans.
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Beocom
Ng Botte
Mra. Boneh
Belstistippi
Williams
Avatill
Chicago
Allen
Interneship
Post Exchange
Agnes Hearn
135Th Infantry Regiment
New Jersey
Alabamian Named Executive Officer at Camp Rucker
First Lt. John N. Bryan of Birmingham has been named executive officer of the Headquarters Company at Mist Logistical Command, Camp Rucker. A former semi professional athlete, he played football and baseball and attended North Georgia Military College before enlisting in 1944. Bryan received his commission as a second lieutenant in 1966 and was promoted to first lieutenant in 1967. He returned to active duty in September after a stint at Alabama Polytechnic Institute where he earned a BS in March last year. He was part of the United States team in the Japan Korea All Star Football Game in Tokyo Rice Bowl on January 1, 1947, and is a Sigma Chi member residing at 310 Dixon Avenue, Birmingham.
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John N. Bryan
Birmingham
Mist Logistical Command
2Ta
Camp Rucker
Bryan
North Georgia Military College
Army
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
United States
Tokyo
Sigma Chi
Dixon Avenue
Grey Wilson Resigns As Marianna Coach
Marianna High School head coach and athletic director Grey Wilson resigned last week to become a coach in De Funiak Springs after a prior stint there. He is a native of Anniston Alabama and served in the military during World War II before returning to DeBuniak Springs.
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Marianna
Grey Wilson
Marianna High School
Aumve
Jon L. Stapleton
Ich Wilson
DeBuniak Springs
Anniston
Alt
DeBuniak
Wilson
Village fight training inside Combat In Cities
The Seoul of Alabama is a tiny wooden village used for infantry war tactics near Camp er. Troops practice building assault, grenade throws, and second story entries in a brutal yet practical course. Mock natives appear as cardboard silhouettes, and realistic fire adds urgency to the drill.
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Seoul
Alabama
Ata
Vilage
Matea
Pete Smith
Soom
Eight Service Stars Honor Of Rucker Soldier’s Family
Mrs Peter Howard of Aitkin displays eight service stars in her window for her eight sons who served in the armed forces. The youngest Sgt Leonard Howard is with Company B Tank Battalion at Camp Rucker. Brothers George Walter Francis Woodrow Lawrence served in Military Police, engineers, and air force postings in Guam Hawaii Germany. Walter was killed in an auto accident. others saw combat in occupation forces. Sgt Howard, nicknamed Ole, rose to platoon sergeant and tank commander in three and a half years of service. Before service he was a Bemidji State Teachers College student aiming to teach physical education and social studies.
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Aitkin
Sgt
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Howard
George
Walter
Louisiana
Francis
Woodrow
Lawrence
Fungarn
Corps of Engineers
Guam
Hawaii
Wiliam
Germany
Ole
Bemidiji
Piete Aerog
Post Truck Outfit Returns To Georgia For Big Celebration
Lafayette Georgia hosts Armed Forces Day events for the 316th Transportation Truck Company now at Camp Rucker as 67 enlisted men and two officers return from active duty. About two thousand locals attended a parade and open house at the city park with equipment displays, drill programs, and a homecoming led by Col James A Rozerg and Mayor Selman Fort. The unit completed a 1000 mile motor convoy without major incident and returned to Camp Rucker by Monday morning.
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LaFayette
Wut
316Th Transportation ‘Truck Company
Camp Rucker
301St
Rometolks
Adkisers
316Th
918Th
Armed Forces
318Th
James A. Rozerg
Selman Fort
Citizens Committee
Hart
Freeman McClure
Superior Court
American Legion
Charles M. Bollinger
Rucker
Dothan and Panama City add new players to rosters
The Dothan Browns announce the arrival of Tommy Bigby from Greenville in the Tri State League to strengthen the defense. Panama City Biers bolster their lineup with three former University of Alabama stars Mike Mizerany Earl Martin and Jeff Sherpe, with Mizerany having posted 405 in the SEC this season.
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Tommy Higby
Inelder
Dothan
Browns
Bigby Wen
Greenville
8. C
Hels
Panama Ity Biers
University of Alabama
Mike Mizerany
Earl Martin
Jeff Sherpe
Mizrany
Martin
Frank Martin
Dothan Browns
Private Winner Over Sergeant Breakfasts Abed
Pfc James Leitheiser of Heavy Mortar Company 136th Infantry Regiment 47th Viking Division earned top company score with carbine targets at Camp Racker. First Sergeant Omer Ball of Detroit Lakes offered a breakfast in bed wager after Leitheiser outshot enlisted men, serving a three day pass and five dollar prize amid good-natured bets.
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Camp
Racker
James J. Leitheiser
136Th
Viking
Lelthalser
Detroit Lakes
Minn
Carbine Targeta
Omer E
Tony” Ball
Sgt Ball
Pfc. Lettheiser
Leitheiser
Ieverere
301st Company D Winner At Rucker Physical Course
The 301st Logistical Command7s Company D of the 1st Signal Construction Battalion won the physical fitness title by defeating the 139th Engineer Treadway Bridge Company in a playoff supervised by the G 3 Section of the 80st headquarters. The event tested push ups sprints and other exercises per Army Field Forces standards, with the top unit to be compared against the night test unit score within the 4th Division for final certification.
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201 St Logistical Command
D1st Signal Construction Battalion
139Th Engineer
Treadway
Army Field Forces
Ner
Company D
Third Army
L. McDuffie
Whiner
Perea
Jone
Jenzo Hegier
47th Infantry Force Trains In Close Combat Drills
The 47th Infantry Division conducts a modern close combat training exercise with M1 carbines, barbed wire, and swampy terrain. Soldiers crawl under wire, wade streams, and engage targets as officers monitor performance. Private Jenzo Hegier reportedly completes 115 squat jumps in the course.
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47Th Infantry Force
Rucker
P. Engineers
184Th Infantry Sesame
Oldiers
Viking Infantry Division Hosts Badge Applicants
In Haytings Minnesota commander E Welch announces 70 swimming instruction and eight weeks Ranger training for badge applicants. Three weeks of mountain training planned with Lt Marcel G Swank assisting as aid to the division. Swank served in Africa and Australia during World War II.
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Mearestion Casta
Bestor
Viking Infantry
Pany
E. Welch
Haytings, Minn
101St Altherne Division
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