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rsews (Jj Area servicemen Is«#Cpl. William H. (Billy) New-ome, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Jewsome of 209 N. Clyde Ave., Wilson, recently was promoted o his present rank.A 1962 graduate of Fike High chool, Newsome enlisted in the /larine Corpsen August, 1962.Mter comple- •* ion of recruitraining at Paris Island, S.C., le first was Rationed at ’amp Pendle-on, Calif.,lome of the^ i r s t Marine )ivision.Newsome hasmmNewsomebeen in Viet1 the U. S. Marine Corps under a 120-day delay program are now on active duty, according to Gunnery Sgt. Floyd L. King, local Marine recruiter.The recruits are Rufus Roy Wiggins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Allen Wiggins of Rt. 3, Kenly; Rexford Smith Collier, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claudia Lee Collier of Rt. 2, Wilson; Joseph Wiley Corbett Jr., son of Mrs. Ethel Mae Corbett of Rt. 2, Wilson; Charles Edward Ruffin, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Ruffin of 116 N. Pender St., Wilson; Joseph Junior Anderson, son of Mrs. Oza Lee Anderson of 410 Lane St., Wilson; and Alphon-iso Floyd, son of Mrs. DorettaUpon completion of boot train- The station is also home-ing, the enlistee will be given a base for several fleet squadrons20-day leave prior to repor!ingi which conduct antisubmarine war-for their first active duty station._ fare patrols and provide tacticalMULLINS AT AIR STATION support to the Atlantic Fleet.PATUXENT RIVER, . Md.(FHTNC) —■ Airman Apprentice MURRILLWesley E. Mullins, USN, son of AMARILLO, Tex. — AirmanMr. and Mrs. John L. Mullins Third Class Robert E. Murrill, of Route 1, Walstonburg, N. C., son of Mr. and Mrs. Hezekiah is serving at Naval Air Station, Murrill of 504 E. Bank St., Wil-Patuxent River, Md. son, N. C., has been graduatedNaval Air Station Patuxent Riv- at Amarillo, AFB, Tex., from er, is the site of the U. S. the training course for U. S. Naval Air Test Center, where Air Force administrative special-the Navy’s newest high per-; “ ~ formance aircraft and related;| systems are put through flight,ists.Airman Murrill, a graduate of Charles H. Darden High School, is being reassigned to one of the more than 250 installations worldwide where Air Force combat and support units are based.TRI SIGMARUMMAGE SALE SAT., I)EG.110 N. Tarboro St.I service, and weapons systems Floyd of 316 Hackney St., Wilson, tests.
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Wilson Daily Times
Wilson, North Carolina, US
Fri, Dec 03, 1965
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