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, OCTOBER 25, 194f *British King Reviews U.SIIArmy Fliers on English SoilritsP)- Afromtoday,milesnc hisiarnrs.ds forns re-huting■how ecord i manpenede theilesits of thed him e he of thePop inplane, ids of pough5 hel-radio*A southern area of England. Oct 24 — rAP)—For the firsttime in this war the King of England has reviewed United States army personnel on British soil.Twenty-five Under! States army signal corps lieutenants who have come to England as military observers and American civilian technicians were among the many hundreds of RAF mendrawn up at this reception center Thursday when King Georgeand Queen Elizabeth reviewednew personnel from the dominions and colonies and the UnitedStates.After the king had spoken to high dominions officers he walked around in front of an RAF unit in the honor position at the head of the line and extendedhis hand to M. C. Vosburgh, atall, smiling young man from Lapeer, Mich., member of the civilian technical corps recruited in the United States for repair and maintenance service with the RAF.Behind him walked the queen, exchanging greetings with the men. All 100 of the CTC's were in blue ground crew uniformwith “U. S A.’ embroidered on the left shoulder.Next the king shook hands with Lieut. Kenneth L. Rlaisdell of Goffstown, N. H., leader of the signal corps officers attending a radio school at this center who later will he posted to sta-*IIIItions of the RAF to observe radio operations.Standing at attention next to the signal corps officers were 21 American pilots trained for the RAF in Canada and now awaiting assignment to sqqadrons. Their leader, pilot officer Carl Roddy of Randall. Kas , assured the king that they were fully trained and ready to fightRanged around, beyond the American units, were some hundreds of Canadians, New Zealanders, Rhodesians and some South Africans.While waiting for the royal visitors, the 100 members of the civilian technical corps—men from 30 states—chatted in the ranks about their jobs.Stewart Gates, 30. an aircraftwelder of 477 East Ninth Street,Brooklyn, enthusiastic for aid to Britain, told nearby Britons, “Your newspapers say we are not doing anything, but I tell you everybody in the United States is working night and day for England.’Like others in the CTC, Gates volunteered and was sent to Canada and then England.George O'Neil. 50, an instrument repairer from 33 Railroad Avenue. New Rochell. N. Y..oldest of the group, said he enlisted because “my family—twogirls and a boy—are all grown up and I thought T would see a little of the world and get a little excitementii1(1_
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Jefferson City Daily Capital News
Jefferson City, Missouri, US
Sat, Oct 25, 1941
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