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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1975
Page
6
Marine SSgt Allen L. Long, son of Mr and Mrs Herald A Long of Greeley Iowa, promoted while serving at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Japan. A 1968 New Market High School graduate, he joined the Marine Corps in November 1968.
The column opens with sun sign forecasts for June 13 1975 urging self expression and goal progress across signs. A separate AP item from Baltimore reports Frances Ferrin briefly became a millionaire due to a clerical error when a gift certificate for 1 million dollars was misread as 4 million and 12 dollars triggering confusion and laughter.
The U.S. Army marks 200 years since June 14 1775 birth, with the Stars and Stripes adopted that day. The piece traces the Army from Lexington and Concord battles to Yorktown, world wars, Korea and Vietnam, noting its evolution to an all volunteer force and its ongoing public profile challenges. It highlights key figures and events including Washington, Benedict Arnold, the Panama Canal completion, and yellow fever work by Maj. Walter Reed and Col. William C. Gorgas. The Army remains a central, worldwide defense partner and a major national institution.
Approximately 3 000 Colorado National Guardsmen and hundreds of state military vehicles will convoy to training sites in Colorado and Wyoming for a two week period June 13 to 28. Most troops will camp at Camp Guernsey Wyoming with others at Fort Carson Colorado Springs. Artillery units use eight inch self propelled howitzers and nearly 2000 artillery rounds will be fired. Medical units train helicopter evacuations field hospital operations and chemical biological and radiological scenarios. Other units will operate at Fort Bragg Camp Williams Fort Gordon Fitzsimmons Denver Oklahoma City and Fort Sill.
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