Groups Launch Basic Training Cycles At Camp Rucker
A report from Camp Rucker notes a wave of basic training cycles opening as 1425 soldiers attend the hospital. The piece highlights the post’s humanitarian spirit with a mother and baby from the Holden family among the attendees, church services, and a bond presentation to Mrs Holder. It also recounts arrivals, staff, and local civic visitors, with references to Chaplain Lt. Col. and post leaders at the Ozark Dothan and Enterprise churches.
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Hay, Holder
Lynda Gail
Rucker
William E. Austin
Col
Mack M
Green
Churches
Ozark
Dothan
Nell Griffin
Enterprise
Mra Enterprise
Leroy Miller
Elba
Walt Peter Heath
Jane
Cpl
J. W. Knowles
Samson
Charles R . Ford
Holder
Jong
Worlong
Betty Drum
Madge
Hnlerpeise
Cpl. Ford
Griffin
Post
Durn Apeayanetes Sopverhett
Bettye Came
Bell
Nancy Dumas
Rucker Hospital
Newton Theyre
Fice
Atescal
Management
Aost
Iscal
Europe
Cal
Hopatong
Magalene Holder
Coon Becomes Mascot of 966th Engineers
The 966th Engineer Maintenance Company of Camp Rucker names a raccoon mascot captured by five noncommisioned officers on a return trip from Ozark. The emblem bearer, called Set. Dixie, is kept at company headquarters in a snarling pose as the unit resumes duty since reactivation.
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986Th Engineer
Camp Rucker
966Th
Dixie
Ozark
Recruits Arrive To Fill Ranks At Camp Rucker
Recruits arrive to fit training ranks at Camp Rucker as units launch first basic cycles and others prepare to begin formal training. Col. Shelley E. Dutton announces new firing ranges and oversees facility use and training schedules. He comes from Columbia after leading reserve training in South Carolina.
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Camp Rucker
Cal
Shelley E. Dutton
Col. Dutton
Ruckerere
National Guard
Hillers
Belated Degree Looms For GI Who Entered College 11 Years Ago
Camp Rucker soldier SGT Eugene DeBarr of Northumberland Pa, who began college at Susquehanna University Selinsgrove then Bucknell Lewisburg before wartime interruptions, has been approved to receive a Bucknell psychology degree through USAFI. He left Bucknell when called to active duty in Korea and now trains with the 190A Field Artillery Group awaiting degree completion via correspondence courses.
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Bucknell University
U. S. Armed Forces Institute
Eugene DeHarr
Northumberland
Bucknell
Susquehanna University
Selinsgrove
Air Forces Reserve
Sgt DeBarr
Buck
Instructors from Fort Benning complete course for 301st at Camp Rucker
Four instructors from the Infantry School at Fort Benning Georgia wrap up a course for officers of the 301st Logistical Command at Camp Rucker on basics of teaching military subjects. All officers attended as Infantry Center leaders praised an augmented training program covering lesson prep, delivery, discussions and exams. Beans grew in almost all states and soil types.
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Tnefantry School
Fort Benning
301St
Camp Rucker
Infantry Center
Ex Buffalo Firemen Lead Camp Rucker Training Unit
Thirteen Buffs firing up at Camp Rucker join the 47th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon as cadre. The unit, formed from Buffalo Fire Department, arrived Sept 11 and now trains at the post while teaching firefighting basics to two men per company. Their commanding officer is Second Lt Wallace B Bohnhoff, a former Albany ad executive, with Lt William McGee heading the Buffalo Fire Dept training bureau.
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Buffs
Fire Department
Rucker Asi
Rucker
47Th Engineer
Buffalo Fire Department
406Th Engineer Brigade
301St
Buffalo
Imen
477Th
Buffslo Fire Department
Wallace B. Bohnhoff
Albany, N
Francis D. Kirkpatrick
Brftain Fire Department
Wiliam McGee
Buffalo Fire Departsment
Fragmentary historical note on banana use in horse ceremony
A fragmented OCR passage describes a ceremonial practice involving a yellow banana plant and feather decorations, referencing Jamaica in 1836 and a shared honor. The garbled text mentions Indians, horses, and a single lineage, but the exact event, location, and participants are unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Horse
Jamaica
Postal Unit Opens Locator Section for Legal Aid
The post locator unit unveils a legal assistance section to aid merchants and citizens with postal operations. Capt Kane says the post offers an advisory service on civilian law and a referral system, staffed mainly by lawyers, to handle general mail service and related needs.
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Michel
Aodern Pot Kane
Georee
Fish Es
Mand
Jackson
Miss
Mus Greenfield
New York
Kane
Suieh Se
Hich
Four Officers Join Gen Farrell's Staff
Four new officers arrive at Camp Bickernd to join Gen Farrell's staff. The group includes a lieutenant, a colonel, and three captains from the Organized Reserve. Captains include Nelson Brams of Bellaire Long Island and John J Korea, a 190 milerals with wartime service, bringing experience from World War III era deployments.
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Camp Bickernd
Logist
Organized Reserve
Nelson Brams
Bellaire
Long Island
John J
None of the words form a readable headline
In Samoa a garbled fragment mentions nine girls and a surface or industrial context but the meaning is unclear and names are not recoverable.
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Lagatong
Ner
L. C. ‘Smith-and-Wesson
Charles J. Palmer
The
J Acord Field Artillery
Ramona McGivary
Delmar Paulk
Birthdays
Allright
E.R. Paulk
North
Orange Street
Thomas F. Farrell
Henry P Gantt
Martin
Coon
966Th Engineers
Mr. Byrd
S, Foster
Otis Byrd, Mgr
Army Navy
Main St
190Th PA Battery
Raymond Mansteller
Danville
Robert Heddings
Charles Goss
Winfield
Richard Hogendobler
John DeFrehn
Alec
Pvt
Ralph Forster
Sunbury
100Th FA
Buffalo Firemen
Newton Grocery CO
Legal Advisors
Fly Ae Ea Sonra Company
Gen. Farrell
Korea
Samoa
Geen Bee Wister
Almiler Eles
Tom
Billy Rose
Parham Motor Company
Montgomery Highway
Dethes
Dial
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