Free World's Largest Educational Campus Welcomes New Airmen
Airman William Calloway and Airman Clyde B. Casey Jr. join Randolph AFB Tex in the USAF basic training cohort. Calloway, 18, from Mount Hope, son of Mr. and Mrs. Layton Calloway, played high school football for three years. Casey, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde B. Casey, Jr., from Beckley, graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School last spring. Both have completed three weeks of basic training and express strong affinity for the Air Force. Opportunities for young men in the USAF are described as limited and available.
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Free World
Air Training Command
United States Air Force
Randolph Air Force Base
Tex
William Calloway
Mount Hope
Clyde B. Casey Jr
Skelton
Calloway
Mount Hope High School
Layton Calloway
Casey
Clyde B. Casey
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley
Air Force
USAF
Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
Several West Virginia service members are named among troops stationed stateside and abroad. Cecil C. Chittum, a Coast Guardsman from Mullens, serves aboard a Coast Guard relief lightship from Portsmouth, Virginia. Valeria B. Jones, a Boatswain's Mate Third Class, is aboard a radar picket destroyer out of Mayport, Florida. Robert C. Hargis, a Marine Private, completed training at Paris Island and Camp Lejeune. Walter E. Davis, with the 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg, is a Beckley native. Sgts Samuel R. O’Neal and Kenneth R. Eller are in the 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg. Donald G. Wilson completed an eight week communications center operation course at Fort Gordon. The article also surveys Lackland Air Force Base training, the 3275th Technical Schools, and related facilities at San Antonio including the Air Force hospital and medical studies. It notes Randolph and Brooks bases in San Antonio, emphasizing their roles in pilot and instructor training and the broader growth of the Air Force training complex. The piece ends with a plug for a magazine feature on forgotten fortunes.
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Coast Guard
Portsmouth
Cecil C. Chittum
Mullens
Elsie Chittum
Guyandotte Ave
Victorie del Pina
Marine Corps
Cape Elizabeth
Mullens High School
William Flemming
Roanoke
Kelly Field
Leon Creek
Air Force
Air National Guard
Wafs
Lackland
USAF
3275Th Technical Schools
Robert M. Batterson Jr
Free World
Col
Walter Kerbel
Aerospace Medical Center
Venus
Earth
Randolph Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Randolph
Randolph Air Training Command
United States
Brooks Air Force Base
United States Air Force Base
Texas City
Army
Brooks Afb
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Texas Afb
Turner
Mayport
Fla
Valeria B. Jones
Guy W. Jones
Whitby
Parris Island
S. C
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Marine Pvt
Robert C. Hargis
Boyd C. Hargis
Jonben
82Nd Airborne Division
Ft. Bragg
Walter E. Davis
Gracie E. Martin
Terrill St
504Th Infantry
Ft. Jackson
Nuttall High School
West Virginia State College
Samuel R. O'Neal
Shirley
Stephenson
Kenneth R. Eller
Mose W. Eller Jr
Slab Fork
O'Neal
Martha J. O’neal
Bud
Ft. Knox
Sophia High School
Ft. Gordon
Signal Training Center
Donald G. Wilson
Donald Wilson
Summerlee Ave
Oak Hill
Collins High School
America
West Virginia
Raleigh
Family Weekly Magazine
R. C. Hargis W,_E. Davis
S. R. O'Neal
K. R. Eller
Eatwell Cafe
Neville St. — Beckley
W. V
Rexall
Old Holland
Beard School OF Dance
Oak HiLl — Sophia
Aghlans Pland Pentti
Ashland
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