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Maynard—A graduate this week of the Harlingen Army Gunnery School, Texas, who qualified as an expert aerial trlggerman after five weeks of intensive training and now wears the silver Wings of a Gunner Sergeant is Raymond A. Loija, son of Mrs. Hanna Luoma,14 Harrison street.. 9 S * ' * ^ 4 4 In 1 * • lt;** ^ * » ! : ^ yfi * A w f # T / Tfcjj f r*I He was promoted to sergeant andreceived his diploma at brief ex-errises held here and, unless hwdover to serve as an instructor, will depart immediately to Join a com*oat crew aboard a bomber. .. '*Now as n official crew memberof the Army Jdr IArces! fightingcombination, It will be his job to fight off enemy aircraft while oth*.'.finishoff the Job of destroying enemy concentrations. To qualify as a top-notch man at flexible gunnery, he spent many hours in careful study and actual 'jgraotice at »Mnpft identification, sight harmonization, machine gun , nomenclathre, and shooting every kind of wefjjbn from BB to 50 caliber machineguns.
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Concord Enterprise
Concord, Massachusetts, US
Thu, Dec 31, 1942
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