Local Residents Receive Military Promotions and Assignments
TRUMANSBURG Joseph T. Giroux Jr. is commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force after graduating from OTS at Lackland AFB. He will train as a pilot at Laredo AFB after a Georgia Tech degree and Tru mansburg Central High School diploma. His wife is Karin L. White. OVID Charles T. Dodson, U.S. Navy, son of Alvin and Mrs. Dodson, departs Travis AFB for duty with the 3rd Marine Division near Da Nang, Vietnam. A 1966 Ovid Central graduate, he joined the Navy in 1967 after boot camp and other training at Great Lakes and Camp Lejeune, and has been at Portsmouth Naval Hospital. He is the grandson of Geneva resident Mrs. Carlton Howard.
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Trumansburg
Joseph T. Giroux Jr
Veronica D. Giroux
South St
U.S. Air Force
Officer Training School
OTS
Lackland Afb
Tex
St. Giroux
Laredo Afb
Trumansburg Central High School
University of Georgia
Karin L. White
Camp LeJeune
N.C
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
Hi-Speed Checkweigher Corp
Ithaca
Carlton Howard
Geneva
Vember
Vietnam
1St Marine Division
States
Army Doctor Owen Mathewson Completes Basic Course
Romulus Army doctor Captain Owen D. Mathewson 28 of Lyndon Center Vermont completed the five week medical service officer basic course at Brooke Army Medical Center Fort Sam Houston Texas. The program trains newly commissioned Medical Dental and Veterinary Corps officers. Mathewson attended the University of Vermont Medical College. His wife Linda resides in Romulus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romulus
Owen D. Mathewson
Philip H. Mathewson
Lyndon Center
Brooke Army Medical Center
Ft. Sam Houston
Tex
Mathewson
University of Vermont Medical College
Burlington
Linda
Willard native places second in Vietnam 50 mile run
Willard resident Roland Nivison of the 7th Engineer Battalion finished second in a 50 mile run in the Da Nang area. Ist was Lt E McKenzie, Bn Surgeon. Over 100 men belong to 50 mile clubs in Da Nang, with certificates and radios awarded to Nivison.
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Willard
Vietnam
Willard-Hms3
Roland Nivison
7Th Engineer Bn
Ist
E. McKenzie
DaNang
Nivison
Navy
Marine Corps field medical course completed by Navy Hospitalman
William H. Meeker Jr. USN son of William H. Meeker Sr. and husband of Margaret Omert completed a five week Field Medical Service School course at Camp Lejeune NC. He studied field first aid weapons orientation preventive medicine and sanitation and took part in a three day field exercise.
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Trumansburg
William H. Meeker Jr
Usn
William H. Meeker Sr
Route 3
Margaret L. Omert
Buffalo
Field Medical Service School
Marine Corps Base
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Transition from civilian life to Naval service detailed
The passage describes an individual undergoing the shift from civilian life to Navy service. He received instruction from veteran Navy petty officers and studied seamanship, survival techniques, military drill and related subjects as part of the transition.
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Joseph Giroux Jr
Charles T.dodson
Ves
DeNang
Charles Dodson
Owen Mathewson
John A. Huffres
Vietman
Lodi
John A. Huff
Halsey Huff
56Th Artillery
Americal
Chu Lai
Thomas W. Cool
Ford
N. R. Boyce, Inc
Ovid
B & L Motors, Inc
Trumansburg, N.Y
William Meeker
S. A. Gilbert Jeweler
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