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News of ValleyMen in ServiceSix Terre Haute soldiers serving; J;♦ 4 i lt;■ n 4 « I « I 1 aflfir i A ^ 1 Til — _wVRJ.FJi£Ewith the First Cavalry Division in Japan now are undergoing intensive field training in preparation for full-scale division maneuvers to be held during the Summer at the division’s maneuver area, Camp McNair, on the slopes of Mt, Fujiyama, Japan’s famous 13,000-foot inactive volcano.During breaks in the training schedule, a news release states, the men will be able to visit points of interest on the mountain connected j A with the cultural and religious his-: tory of Japan. i eMen from Terre Haule with the j R division are: iPfc. Joe R. Morris, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Morris of 25351a Thompson Street, serving with Company E, Fifth Cavalry' Regiment.Pfc. William E. Stewart, son of Mrs. Elmer Shaw of 2547^ Franklin Street, assigned to Battery A, Sixty-first Field Artilley Battalion.Pvt. Charles Turner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Turner, assigned to Battery B, Eighty-second Field Artillery Battalion.Pfc. James R. Scott, son of Mrs. Eva Scott of 20 South Thirteenth ^ Street, with Company D, Seventh! Cavalry Regiment.Pfc. Marion L. Funk, son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Funk of 1123 Mulberry Street, serving ‘withCompany D, Seventh Cavalry RegimentPfc. Donald L. Barnes, son of Vrisal Barnes of 621 North Seventh Street, serving with Headquarters Company, Seventh Cavalry Regiment.DIllBdTwo Terre Haute students, William Lee McCarthy of 1616 South Tenth Street, and Robert Dale i Artis of 2211 South Tenth and! One-half Street, have been named hy the Bureau of Naval Personnel as among the 1.800 successful candidates for the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps* a fleet news release announces.The group was selected from 25,000 high school seniors or graduates who applied for the program last Fall. Applicants participated in the naval college aptitude test last December and some 7,400 were certified- Those physically qualified were considered by a selection committee of the state or territory of the applicant's legal residence.State quotas were apportioned on a percentage basis of male high school graduates in each state during 1948. In addition to the 1,800 civilians, 200 candidates were selected from the flee! for the N. R, O. T. C. program.
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Terre Haute Star
Terre Haute, Indiana, US
Fri, May 05, 1950
Page 17
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