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Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
Military men from Beckley to Charleston are highlighted with Army and Air Force service. Bowyer serves near Hue in Vietnam. Akers earns technical sergeant in Maryland. Atwood training at Amarillo AFB. Gamble returns to Camp Pickett after Saigon tour. Armstrong completes Fort Dix cooking course. Johnson trains at Amarillo as fuel specialist. Enlistments listed for Army and Air Force include Beckley, Princeton, St Albans, and Charleston areas with units and bases across the country. A Beckley officer, Captain James L. E. Hill, is named chemistry instructor at West Point, with prior service including Korea and ROTC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Akers
Ray Akers
Beaver
U. S. Air Force
Sergeant Akers
Andrews Afb
Military Airlift Command
David W. Atwood
Ina Atwood
Coal City
Amarillo Afb
Tex
Lackland Afb
Air Training Command
Atwood
Stoco High School
Frederick B. Gamble
Gaynelle
S. Oakwood Ave
716Th Military Police Battalion
Saigon
Viet Nam
Camp Pickett
Gamble
Germany
Ann Massey
Railroad Ave
Vernon L. Johnson
James F. Johnson
S. Fayette Street
Texas
U.S. Air Force
Johnson
Stratton High School
West Virginia State College
Beckley
James L. E. Hill
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Hill
101St Airborne Division
Fort Campbell
Army Chemical Center
Edgewood
Chemical School
Fort McClellan
Ala
Korea
Elaine Spears
Charleston
Everett
Jeffrey