Army Celebrates 186th Birthday on June 14 1961
The United States Army marks its 186th birthday on June 14 1961 noting the early 1775 battles of Lexington and Concord, the lack of a national army at that time, and the Second Continental Congress authorization of 10 infantry companies. It describes the Army as explorer builder inventor liberator healer and defender over 186 years and its role in war and peace.
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United States Army
Lexington and
Concord
Redcoats
Boston
Second Continental Congress
America
Army
U. S
Eas
Continental Congress
Ft. Myer
U. S. Army
Glorified Blunder Turns to Blind Fear in Smoke
In Midhurst England 55 year old George Ayling was dazed by an oil fired boiler explosion near Trotton He believed he was blinded by soot and blind despite his glasses turning black from the smoke He stumbled about bruised and unable to see but later realized his sight was unaffected beyond the soot glare.
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Midhurst
England
Trotton
George Ayling
Posthumous Key Club Award Goes to Deceased Student
The Kentucky Tennessee District Key Clubs honored Fred Fly, 16, of Shelbyville Tenn, as the best all around Key clubber despite his death in a traffic accident three days before the district spring convention. In Oklahoma Altus Billy Loyd Moon, 27, won court approval to change his name to Billy Loyd Dongiovanni, the family name changed by his father before birth.
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Chattanouga U
Kentucky - Tennessee
Key Clubs
The
Kiwanis
Fred Fly
Shebyville, Tenn
Altus
Okla
Billy Loyd Moon
Billy Loyd Dongiovanni
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U. S. Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
Sylvanus Thayer
Academy
Association of Graduates
Taiwan
Western Electric Co
Formosa
Free China
Asia
George Hill
Philadelphia, Pa
1St Battle Group
11Th Infantry
Retsach H. Miller
Miami, Fla
2Nd Aviation Co
Essenbagger Field
Ft. Benning
Bell Aircraft Corp
Ft. Worth
Texas
U.S
Telegraph
Ackerman-Robinson
Agency
Owatonna
Fairbanks Morse Scales & Motors
Vassar Farm & Ensilage
Mid State Steel Products
Lincoln
Sidney Telephone
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
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Acates
Neal
Wright
Geve
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