Navy surgeon Taft earns Navy Cross for field amputation
Lt Cmdr David A Taft a Navy surgeon in Vietnam received the Navy Cross for a rapid operation near Da Nang while wearing a flak jacket he amputated a leg after a 2.75 inch rocket lodged in the patient. He cleared the OR of all but the patient a corpsman and himself and later found fame for the surgery. His relatives in Rockville and Pasadena and Iowa State and University of Iowa ties are noted.
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Hero
David T. Taft
Cy Taft
Oneco
Adm. R. A. Canada
Bethesda
Cdr
Taft
National Naval Medical Center
Vietnam
U.S
U.S. Navy
David A. Taft
First Marine Division
da Nay
Dr. Taft
Rockville
Dwyer to Lead Good Turn Day in Valley District
Dewey Dwyer of Monroe named general chairman for the Valley district Good Turn Day to be held Saturday Oct. 19. The event will collect clothing and small household items for Goodwill Industries handicapped clients with an expected 15 tons of material. Arthur G. Whipple will assist.
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Dewey Dwyer
Monroe
Gene Madison
Valley District
Goodwill Industries
Dwyer
U.S. Grant Council
Arthur G. Whipple
Rogers Highlights Travel Background for Tonight's Talk
Kenneth Rogers, born in Cleveland, will head the Rotary Club Trav el and Adventure Series opener at 8 p.m. in the Morese Junior High School Auditorium. He brings radio and television work in Los Angeles, a national sports show, Army airlift documentation, and commercials for shows like 1 Spy Run For Your Life and Mission Impossible. His latest project is Skydivers.
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Cleveland
Kenneth Rogers
Southern California
Morese
Hawaii
Los Angeles
United States Army of the Air
Rogers
Kiwanis Club To Hear Brodie On October 4 Game Preview
The Monroe Kiwanis Club will hear John Brodie, senior high football coach, recap the team’s progress and preview the first home game on October 4 at the Thursday noon luncheon in the VFW Club. Jim DeBlack will present the attendance prize and Ray Gordon will give the invocation.
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Monroe Kiwanis
John Brodie
VFW
Jim DeBlack
Ray Gordon
Paul Barmore
California
Vic Carson
Clarence Beebe
John McElhaney
Rick Bahr
Spencer Kneubuehl Sends Word Home
Mr and Mrs Sylvan Kneubuehl Route 3 Monroe receive a letter from SP 4 Spencer E Kneubuehl stationed in Vietnam. He describes guarding the base camp perimeter on Sept 11 at 2 am during a Viet Cong mortar rocket and small arms attack. He notes defenders drove the enemy back and outer defenses were reestablished despite two subsequent camp attacks and direct mortar hits on bunkers.
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Sylvan
Kneubuehl
Route 3
Monroe
Spencer E. Kneubuehl
Vietnam
Haldiman Among Winners to Be Feted at Banquet
Monroe FFA member Keith Haldiman son of Mr and Mrs Edwin Haldiman Route 4 Monroe earned reserve champion lamb carcass at the Junior Livestock Show in Madison All carcass contest winners will be recognized at a World Food Exposition banquet this Friday night with ribbons and trophies awarded
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Keith Haldiman
Monroe
FFA
Edwin Haldiman
Route 4
Madison
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U.S. Naval Service
Robert Norris
Pasadena
Calif
Iowa State
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Clifford Penniston
Argyle
Associated Press
Woodrow Wilson
Maj
John Andre
Benedict Arnold
West Point
Tennessee
England
Napoleon Bonaparte
Robert E. Lee
Washington and Lee University
Washington
Moscow
Council of the Arab League
Tunisia
Morocco
Robert S. McNamara
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs
Kiwanis Club
Brodie
Spencer Kneubuehl
Haldiman
Spurgeon’s
Pepperell
Fonneys
Penn Pre
Reg
Dacron
Fortres
Orion
A. Vallejo Penn-Prest
New Trinidad
Durham Penn-Prest
Penniniew Dial Ca
All Our Towncraft
Oxford
Fortrel
Towncraft
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