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He's ArtillerymanIn Every Way BuiHis Age^-AI 15VFidia:tctrHLawton Lad Solves Gunnery Problems Easily, Wants To Be Artillery OfficernitC'I h(tcFORT SILL, June 9 —lt;*» _|h Francis N. Brogdon, 15. is tooyoung for the army—or is he?He startles older officer candidates in a gunnery course by solving their problems with the greatest of ease.Capt. P. H. Fenton, gunnery instructor at this field artillery post, put the young newsboy in one of his classes to stimulate the regular students and he did the job by passing all the examinations.The problems weren’t tough, confided Francis, who longs to be an artilleryman and take pot snots at Japs and Germans. He always did like mathematics.Was Born on PositBesides, he’s a field artilleryman from away back. He was born on this army post—his fath-et Green Brogdon, was an artil- j f. hrryman in the last war—and he'sS1jtlcEveaIalways fooling arbund with the. ?gunners.He likes the artillery so much he gave up a job in nearby Lawton to work m the army store. Oban Hassett, his employer, says Francis earned eight promotions in four days.Francis came to the attention rf officer* while selling papers. A student laughingly offered to buy one if Fxancir helped him out with a met etiological problem.'T hat sale was easy.Col. E. R. Roberts, commander cf the 196*n field artillery, was another v ctiir.. He’d heard about brands and he told him if he c uld cracK that tough nut of a f old problem up on the blackboard he’d ouy every paper Francis had. Businesr sure was good, Francis said.Col. Eiiiar G. Gjelsteen, who heads the gunnery department, reports that Francis passed allnunnery examinations eventnough he was attending high school and rushed out here at oti hours to atteni*.The 15-veai clo is counting the .days until ne’s cJd enough to go to West Point and come out a lieutenant in *ie’d artillery.Officer friends, whistling at his wizardry. stv ihev’11 be glad to lecommen^ th? appointment.u1;bhrP£CncP1-cSHAWNEE.—Cotton choppers and berry pickers are going to be needed urgently in Pottawatomie county within a week. Manager Joe Ross of the Shawnee employ-mant r\44 is* a
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Ada Weekly News
Ada, Oklahoma, US
Thu, Jun 10, 1943
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