Mekong River Police Train In Cal Delta Waters
Navy cadets simulate Mekong guard duties in Suisun Slough near Fairfield California learning river patrol tactics. Trainees endure 104 hours of around the clock exercises, blanks in fire, and jungle prep after graduation for Vietnam deployment.
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Fairfield
Calif
U.S. Navy
California
Suisun
Mekong
Roy Rochm
Naval Inshore Operations Training Center
Mare Island
Boehm
Sacramento
San Joaquin
San Francisco Bay
Philippines
Vietnam
River Assault Flotilla 1 Commissioned for Mekong War
The United States forms River Assault Flotilla 1 and River Support Squadron 7 to back troops in Vietnam. A naval river unit can airlift an infantry battalion and artillery into combat and provide blocking and fire support after debarkation. Over 3,000 sailors trained in Suisun Slough, most now in Vietnam cleaning up Viet Cong river routes.
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United States
U.S
Mekong
Suisun Slough
Vietnam
Brigham Young Arrives at Great Salt Lake Valley
In 1847 Brigham Young and Mormon followers reached the Great Salt Lake Valley in Utah. The item notes Today in History for July 24, 1987, with several other historical events and figures.
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Young
Salt Lake Valley
Associated Press
New Trampshire
Brigham Young
Great Salt Lake Valley
Utah
Tennessee
Henry A. Wallace
Glen H.taylor
Idaho
Philadelphia
Nixon
Khruschev
Moscow
Wanted Men Women for U S Civil Service Tests
Advertises civil service job openings for ages eight and up with high starting salaries and strong job security. Claims many positions require little education or experience and require passing a test amid keen competition. Disjointed extra text at end.
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U. S. Civil Service
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C. R. Johnson
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Don Dumler
George J. Evans
Virgil E. Brown
Township Auditing Board
Sevessenes
Sevessereaae
Johnson
de Gaulle
Tadochia
Sidney S. Baron
Tammany Hall
New York County
Democratic Organization
Andrei A. Gromyko
The
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Gamand
Woodmark
Garnand's
Garland
North Main
Lincoln Service
Dept
Pekin
Illinois
Blackwails
Firestone
Wan
Kinama
Ford
Comet
Anetican
Fulton and
Second Street
Garden City, Kansas
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