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Marines and sailors named in service news items
Marine PFC Thomas L. Kinsworthy attends the Leadership School at Camp Lejeune. Airman Paul D. Elrod serves aboard USS Essex in the Sixth Fleet NATO cruise and Maynard C. Warwick sails aboard USS Growler from Pearl Harbor. Two local Marines join field exercises near Hilo, Hawaii. Army recruit Harold N Fritzsche completed a radio relay course at Ft Gordon. Soldiers from the 41st Transportation Battalion participate in Operation Flash Back in Europe, including Capt. Charles E. White, Sp4 Marvin T. Smith, and Pfc Eugene F. Geckler, with details on their training and hometown ties.
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Thomas L. Kinsworthy
Park Drive
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Paul D. Elrod
USN
Floyd Elrod
Woodlawn Ave
Essex
Mediterranean
First Marine Brigade
Hilo
Hawaii
Lance Cpl
David F. Caldwell
Joseph R. Caldwell
Manchester Road
Pfc
Richard 4. Knapp
Herbert H. Knapp
Sherman Ave
ARMY
Harold N Fritzsche
Southeastern Signal School
Ft. Gordon
Fritzsche
Knox
Middletown High School
Philip Carey Corp
Oscar Fritzsche
Moore Road
41St Transportation Battalion
Europe
Charles E. White
John White
Eighth Ave
Marvin T. Smith
Elmer Smith
Franklin
Eugene F. Geckler
Ernest G. Geckler
Mason
White
Batalion
Mannheim
Germany
Ft. Carson
Colo
Vera
Sp. Smith
Stuttgart
Ft. Benning
Ft. Sam Houston
Tex
Smith
Comton College
California
Geckler
Ft. Knox
Mason High School
Ohio State University