Service News Highlights Local Troops in Vietnam and Stateside
The Dec 23 1966 In the Service column reports multiple local servicemen Recent assignments include Pvt John M Ritch to Security Guard Company Tan Son Nhut Vietnam and Pvt Jerry A Smith completing combat engineer training at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri Other local soldiers CPL Harvey Wayne Crouse Lt Robert E Withrow and Lt John Warner receive assignments and awards Major Douglas H Farmer adds a second Army Commendation Medal Additional notes cover PFC Sandy M Snider and Privates Wayne Coward Larry Little Frank Lambeth Jr and others completing training deployments and promotions across Vietnam Fort Bragg Lackland AFB Fort Meade and Fort Sill with mentions of family ties and high school affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ARMY
John M
James G. Ritch
Avondale Dr
U. S. Army
Vietnam
Tan Son Nhut
Ritch
12Th Infantry
Ragsdale High School
Cpl
Harvey Wayne Crouse
Ft. Bragg
Ft. Lee
Virginia
Quartermaster
Crouse
East Davidson High School
High Point College
Carolina Ply Co., Inc
Thomasville
Harvey C. Crouse
Rt. 3
Frank 8. Lambeth JR
Frank S. Lambeth
E. Lake Dr
U. S. Air Force
Lackland A.F.B
Tex
Lambeth
Craig A. F.B
Ala
Thomasville High School
Delta Sigma Phi
Marlene
Wade S. Brinley
Manhattan Ave
Tampa, Fla
Douglas H. Farmer
Clarence H. Farmer
Edgewood Ave
Maj. Farmer
el Paso High School
el Paso
Command and General Staff College
Light of HISTORY Light of HISTORY
Christopher Crittenden writes in History News praising North Carolina Archives and History Department. The piece chronicles its founders leaders and major programs including historic sites, museums, and public service duties funded by taxpayers for all people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher Crittenden
Dept. of Archives and History
AP Raleigh
North Carolina Department of Archives and History
History News
American Association For State and Local History
United States
Canada
North Carolina Archives and History Department
R. D. W. Connor
Old Historical Commission
Sda—H
Roosevelt
Connor
Daniel Harvey Hill
North Carolina State College
Robert Burton House
University of North Carolina At
Chapel Hill
Albert Ray Newsome
UNC
North Carolina
State Museum of History
Fred A. Olds
Society of American Archivists
History highlights for December 23
On this date in 1783 George Washington resigned as commander in chief at Annapolis and retired to Mount Vernon. In 1805 Joseph Smith was born. In 1933 a Strasbourg train crash left about 200 dead. In 1945 a Big Three Moscow meeting was held. In 1948 Hideki Tojo was hanged as a war criminal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
George Washington
Continental Army
State House
Annapolis
Mount Vernon
Joseph Smith
Strasbourg
France
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
U.S
James Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Hideki Tojo
Local Marine Private Larry E. Adams Serves in Vietnam
Private first class Larry E. Adams son of Mr and Mrs E E Adams 210 Tomlinson Street serves in the Dong Ha area with B Company 3rd Engineer Battalion 3rd Marine Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reggie P. Bunting
Reggie H. Bunting
White Oak St
Asheboro
Qui Nhon
Vietnam
28Th Transportation Plattoon
3Rd Armored Division
Hohenfels
Germany
Larry J. Craddock
Bartmas Dunn
E. Green
Toni
Rotary Drive
Joseph C. Halker
Courtney W. Halker
Rt. 4
Thomasville
William E. Kinley
Mr. and
Fred Kinley
Rt. 1
Trin
Marine
Larry E. Adams
E. E. Adams
Tomlinson St
Dong Ha
3Rd Engineer Battalion
3Rd Marine Division
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jerry A. Smith
Beulah M. Smith
Denton
Ft. Leonard Wood
58Th Tansportation Company
Ft. Campbell
Bunting
Greensboro Central High School
Robert E. Withrow
John D. Withrow Sr
Kernersville
Tan Son Nhut AB
Withrow
Ellenboro High School
Appalachian State Teachers College
W. E. Morton
Rt. 2
Albemarle
R Ary B. Warner
Walter W. Warner
Long St
Lackland
A. F. B. Tex
Warner
Ft. George G. Meade, Md
Thomasville Senior High School
North Carolina State University
Sandy M. Snider
Otto L. Snider
1St Air Cavalry Division
Snider
Pvt. Snider
Martha
W. Presnell St
Wayne K. Coward
William K. Coward
Franklinville
Larry K. Little
Jim Little
den Ft. Jackson
S. C
Coward
Elizabeth
E. Naomi St
Randleman
Little
Anenda
Donald W. Scearce
Saigon
Thomas L. Scearce
Linda
Trinity
Scearce
96Th
Trinity High School
Tomlinson Furniture
High Point
Roger E. Hill
Edwin E. Hill
Eden Ter
U.S. Air Force
Lackland Afb
High Point High School
Barbara
Ft. Leavenworth
Richard F. Rogers JR
L. C. Harrison
Surfside Beach
Myrtle Beach, D. C
Lackland Afb Texas
Rogers
Kincheloe Afb
Mich
Air Force
Richmond, Va
McNeese State College
Lake Charles la
Hilda
Lula Nobles
Robert B. Williams
Usn
F. W. Williams
Johnson St
N. C
U. S
Lindenwald
mid-Atlantic
Caribbean Sea
Larry K. Grissett
Joseph Grissett
Guilford Rd
Jamestown
United States Naval Servce
Grissett
Dewey A. Hern
Don
Herbert R. Herndon
David St
Army Artillery and Missile School
Ft. Sill
Oklo
Beverly J. Herndon
Lloyd T. Goodman JR
Lloyd T. Goodman
Freeman Milld Rd
Woodrow W. ,Allen JR
Elbert G. Johnson
Charlie F. Johnson
Rt. 10
Winston - Salem
Army Training Center
Ft. Gordon
James E. Towery
Ruth I. Towery
Brentwood St
Sergeant Towery
Charleston Afb
Military Airlift Command
High Point Senior High School
Doris
Mary L. Jenkins
Campbell St
High Point Enterprise
Santa
College Village Shopping Center
WU Steel Buildings
Reed Realty CO
Belks
Park Avenue
Stemware
ueoTuen
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