There’s Just A Bit Of Ireland At Luke
LUKE AIR FORCE BASE March 16 Pfc Arthur J Roth 25 veteran of the Irish army at this base plans to observe St Patrick Day tomorrow. He will attend Mass and then join Irish American Social Club festivities in Phoenix. Roth who spent four years in the United States mostly with the Forest Service in Idaho hopes to return to Ireland.
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Luke Air Force Base
Arthur J. Roth
Air Force
St. Patrick’s Day
Mass
County Tyrone
New York City
Central Files
Ireland
Ordnance Corps
Roth
Erin’s
Phoenix
United States
Forest Service
Idaho
Pressure Suits Save High Fliers From Death
Maj. Charles Yeager, first man to fly faster than sound, says partial pressure suits used by the air force have saved pilots at 60 000 feet and higher. He warns that loss of pressure leads to rapid unconsciousness and death, and notes visibility limits at high speed make rapid reaction essential for safety.
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Los Angeles
Charles Yeager
Air Force
Yeager
Los Angeles Institute of Aeronautical Sciences
Two Arizonans Wounded and One Missing in Korea Battle
The Defense Department reports two more Arizonans wounded and another missing in the Korean War. Master Sgt. Robert Louis Crawford Sr. is missing, while Pfc. Wilfred Marvin Brown of Bapchule and Pvt. Jose Jesus Tanori of Superior are wounded.
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Washington
Department of Defense
Robert Louis Crawford
Myre
Hichimsen
Prescott
Wilfred Marvin Brown
Fernando Brown
Bapchule
Jose Jesus Tanori
Carlota Tanori
Colonel Blanchard Promoted In Korea
Colonel Robert M. Blanchard becomes regimental commander of the Eighth Cavalry Regiment in the First Cavalry Division in Korea. Formerly a battalion commander in the Third Infantry, he succeeds Col. Peter B. Glames and is a 1933 West Point graduate. His wife Ann Keller and four children live in Tucson, Arizona.
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First Cavalry Division
Korea
INS
Robert M. Blanchard
First Army
Europe
Blanchard
Eighth Cavalry Regiment
Peter B. Glames
Manchester
N. H
Anather
Eighth Army
United States Military Academy
West Point
Ann Keller
Tucson
Ariz
Paraguay Forms Civil Aeronautics Office
Paraguay establishes a new office of civil aeronautics to oversee air traffic safety and regulatory duties, signaling a formal state framework for aviation oversight and development. The move aims to standardize procedures, enforce compliance, and promote safer air travel within the nation.
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Paraguay
Civil Aeronautics
GI Schools Qualifications Deadline Set
The Veterans Administration announced a March 31 deadline for commercially operated GI Bill training programs to meet federal standards. State approval agencies assess schools and failure to certify by deadline ends GI Bill training. standards cover curriculum quality space equipment materials and instructor qualifications.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Army to Double Training at Four Field Forces Schools
General Mark Clark announced a six month plan to double training at four field forces schools including Fort Benning Infantry School Fort Knox Armored School Fort Sill Artillery School and Fort Riley Ground General School to supply more instructors and turn recruits into combat soldiers. Also notes that British Columbia is 200000 square miles larger than Texas.
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Fort Benning
Mark Clark
Army
Clark
Benning
Fort Knox
Fort Sill
Okla
Fort Riley
Kan
British Columbia
Texas
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