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In the Armed Services | J;'rk* ^'TThere »re rea*on* why Leathernecks, long recognized a* the World’* beat fighters, ere tho world’ai best dressed soldier*. And one reason is 8b*. C. D. Allen, 30, son of Mrs, A. C. Burr and husband of France* Allen of Nunn,, a drill Instructor at the Marin* boot camp” In San Diego. Once weekly the commanding officer Inspects recruits In full dress, and here Sergeant Allen It making certain that Pvt. A. J. Swanger of Memphis, Tenn, haa his tie fixed at the regulation angle,Sergeant Allen has been • Marine for two years, and rates high among the recruit depot’s many excellent drill Instructors.First person to enlist from uree ley In the WAVES—Women Applicants for Volunteer Emergency Service—ts Marguerite Erlx-on, pictured here, daughter of | Mrs. Ethel Erlxon of the Virgin- i Ian apartments. Miss Erlxson was sworn Into the service In Denver on Oct. 30 and will leave between Dec. 1 and 1B for Ames, la., where *he will be trained at Iowa Slate College for from one to four months. She hopes to be connected with some branch of naval aviation. Miss Erlxon en. ters the WAVES as an apprentice seaman. A graduate of Greeley high school, Miss Erlxon attended Colorado State College of Education for two and a half years. On the campus she was a member of Delta Sigma Epsilon eo-rorlty, Colvin club, and tha women's Athletic association. She majored in business. The past three months she has been secretary to D. D. Dunn, and before that was *t the Greeley Stamp station.Marines'boast of their marksmanship with the.flfie, but th* Leathernecks are equally expert in handling a variety of field piece* and the bio coastal defense guns that guard oyr shores. Specially fMlned ,mrHte.tfunetlrim In-g sf these powerful weapons of America’s military might, Second Lieutenant Arthur, C, Bliss, son of Dr, Karl E. Bilts, of Greeley, residing at 1208 Thirteenth street, has now. been ordered to active duty with a combat organization of the Marine Corps. Lieutenant Bliss graduated from the artillery course at Marino Corps Schools, Guantlco, to which he was assigned after completing platoon leaders’ school. He enlisted a* * Candidate for Commission last February, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant In April. A graduate of Pomona College, Claremont, Calif., Lieutenant Bliss graduated In June, 1941.Sut. Ailibaugh on Furlough First Sergeant Kenneth G. Ash-baugh left Monday for Paine Field
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Greeley Daily Tribune
Greeley, Colorado, US
Tue, Nov 24, 1942
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