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Local service honors draw multiple military awards
Captain John F. Phillips receives a second Air Force Commendation Medal at Sheppard Field Texas for training duties with the Air Training Command after six months in Vietnam He is a 1963 Jarvis Christian College biology graduate and Clemons High School alumnus His wife is Blanche Phillips. Coast Guard Seaman Claxton Brock of Longview completes Yeoman School at Governors Island NY and will serve aboard a cutter or shore station He is an East Texas State University graduate and Pittsburgh High School alumnus The report also notes Lt Col Wesley and his wife Modestine from Hawkins with service record and honor details.
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Wichita Falls
John F. Phillips
Obie L. Phillips
Neches
Tex
Sheppard FB
Texas
Phillips
Air Training Command
USAF
Vietnam
Lackland Apb
Clemons
Jarvis Christian College
Hawkins, Tex
Blanche
Laura A Powell
Gladewater
Army
Air Force
Marine Corps
Col
Wesley
Governors Island
N.Y
Coast Guard
Claxton
Brock
Reginald Brock
Buccanneer St
Longview
Coast Guard Training Center
Pittsburgh High School
East Texas State University, Commerce