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King of the Dog Tag Machines” ould well be the title given to Cpl. rincent Snelling of Hq. and Hq. kjdn., 3750th Basic Training Wing. nelling has been pounding the keys m this mechanical marvel for the ast ten months.He was previously assigned to jackland Air Force Base, San An-onio, Texas, working in the Out-;oi ng Processing Division. He was ransferred to Sheppard AiFB Sep-ember 4, 1046 and assigned to therocessing station here.Cpl. Snelling enlisted in the Air '’orce, 13 November 1047, in his home own of Grand Rapids, Michigan. He .ttended high school at Rockford but ame into the Air Force before raduating. At the present time, lowever, Snelling is taking USAFI ourses to complete his high schoolUUCiairroit. — —*■ ,While in high school he was active n all sports and especially prizes he letters received for baseball par-icipation.Vince plans to make the Air Force lis career saying, “I guess I will tay in for the next thirty years”. Vhen he reenlists, Snelling hopes tottend the Automotive MechanicJourse.Cpl. Donald Polaski and Pfc. )uane Gray assist Snelling in this 11 important task of turning out n average oi 1200 identification tags aily.I'lW.'.w.•m•••••••MECHANICAL MARVELVINCENT SNELLING
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Wichita Falls Sheppard Senator
Wichita Falls, Texas, US
Sat, Dec 04, 1948
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