Sailor survives near miss after USS King explosion in Japan
Scott City Navy Fireman Don Heili reported he helped recover four bodies and saved a critically burned man after an explosion tore through the USS King docked at Subic Bay Japan. The incident killed several sailors and injured others. Gene Geier, a clerk at Fort Wainwright Alaska, was promoted to Specialist 4th Class and cited for leadership at Fort Monmouth. He is a graduate of Syracuse High School and Sterling College.
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Scott City
King
Japan
Navy
Don Heili
Wayne Heili
Richard J. Geier
Godfrey Geier
H.H.B
562Nd Artillery
Fort Wainwright
Alaska
APO
Seattle
Wash
Army Signal Center
Fort Monmouth
Helm
Syracuse High School
Sterling College
Syracuse Man Receives Commanding General's Certificate
Syracuse youth 2nd Lt. Robert J. Helm of Syracuse receives the Commanding General's Certificate of Achievement for outstanding service at Fort Monmouth New Jersey. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Robert G Helm of Syracuse.
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Syracuse
Robert J. Helm
Robert G. Helm
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Haskell Man Flies Jet to Aid Bombers
Sublette native Lt. Commander Dale Gatterman, living in Guam, flies a twin jet around 1500 mph over the Ho Chi Minh trail region in Southeast Asia. His craft drops parachute flares to guide bombers toward enemy trucks spotted along the trail.
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Sublette
Haskell County
Southeast Asia
Dale Gatterman
Guam
Gatterman
Backing event and art workshop planned by Dodge City scouts
Debra Ann Goier and Debbie Embree will attend a backpacking trip at Camp Boulder in Oklahoma from Sunday to June 15, accompanied by Valerie Allen and Carolyn Young of Dodge City. The event is sponsored by the Silver Soonera Girl Scout Council and directed by senior girls who attended Enchanted Trails and Tennessee Trek that year. Betty Donaghey and Bonnie Hawley of Dodge City will represent the council at the Visual Arts Workshop in Lindsborg June 16-28. The Central Kansas Council sponsors this event. girls were chosen at a meeting at the Ash Street Hut in Dodge City last month. Mothers met council president Mrs. Tom Smyth of Ness City and discussed trip arrangements with executive director Mrs. Martha Goodman of Garden City, meeting other members and officials.
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Tumbleweed Council
Camp Boulider
Okla
Valerie Allen
Carolyn Young
Dodge City
Sooner Girl Scout Council
Betty Donaghey
Bonnie Hawley
Lindsborg
Central Kansas
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Giel
Sally Shattuck
Back Row
Martha Goodman
Debra Geier
Debbie Embree
Garden City
Tom Smyth
Ness City
Sailor
Subet Bay
Geier
Vogue
Dacron
Warner
Haskell
Debra Ann Goier
Debbie Kay
Embree
Cert
Prill
Victor, Durr
A. ‘Long
James Ac Wik Jon Maynard
Seliams
Carl Zacharias
Roball
E. Fulton
Carnation
Cadillac
Aler
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