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Service members at home and abroad with U S forces
In the US a Marine private spends 15 days on leave with his aunt and uncle in Ellwood City after training at Parris Island Camp Lejeune and Memphis avionics schools. Army Specialist Edwin C. Vogan, 25, earned NCO Academy honors at Fort Campbell. Pvt Frank DeLucano completed an eight week automotive helper course at Fort Dix. Edward F. Dean Jr. serves aboard USS Valley Forge in Norfolk. Paul D. Michaels serves as radioman aboard USS Topeka in the Western Pacific. The piece notes troop mobility and duties across bases and ships in Hawaii, Kentucky, Virginia, and the Pacific with youth from New Castle and Slippery Rock areas.
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Howard L. Gerlach
Floyd Gerlach
Francis St
Ellwood City
Gerlach
Marine Corps
New Castle
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
Parris Island
S. C
Marine Corps Base
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Memphis
Tenn
Aviation Electronics
First Marine Brigade
Hawaii
Lincoln High School
Army
Edwin C. Vogan
Grace
Third Ave
Freedom
101St Airborne Division
Fort Campbell
Vogan
101St
Strategic Army Corps
STRAC
502D Infantry
Slippery Rock High School
U. S. Marine Corps
Ernest C. Vogan
New Wilmington RD 1
Fort DIX
Frank DeLucano
Forest St