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Local service members receive commissions and new assignments
Servicemen John C. Graves earns an ensign commission after eighteen weeks of Naval Officer Candidate School training in Newport Rhode Island. He reports to the U S S Long Beach for duty. Ronald W Miller arrives for duty at Nellis Air Force Base Nevada as a supply inventory supervisor with the Tactical Air Command, previously serving at Welford RAF Station England. Donnie J Boykin completes an Army armament repair course at Aberdeen Proving Grounds Maryland. James E Elliott returns home on leave after Fire Control Radar Technician School in Memphis Tennessee and is assigned to Cherry Point North Carolina. His wife Joyce accompanies him and their newborn daughter Margaret Pyia born February.
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John C. Graves
Carl S. Graves
Villa Dora
Dora
U. S. Naval Reserve
Naval Officer Candidate School
Newport
R.I
Ensign Graves
U.S.S. Long Beach
Ronald W. Miller
Erich A. Miller
Mount Dora
Nellis Afb
Nev
Miller
Tactical Air Command
Welford
Raf Station
England
Scio
N.Y.) Central High School
Mary E. Coates
James E. Elliott
Raymond Elliott
Memphis
Tenn
Cherry Point
N.C
Elliott
Joyce
Margaret Py Ia