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Plans for Saratoga Maneuvers in Eastern defense drill
A graphic representation of a modern Battle of Saratoga will unfold Sunday Oct 17 on the battlefield above Benus Height. More than 3,000 troops from the Army Second Regiment NY Guard Civil Air Patrol and Red Cross will enact combined air land and ground operations to simulate an airport seizure by enemy forces with friendly forces countering. Observers from Washington will attend and the exercise will include civilian patrols, cadet units and multiple air units conducting bombing and air cover.
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Saratoga
Benus
Army
3Nd Regiment
N. Y
State Guard
Civil Air Patrol
Red Cross Motor Ambulance Corps
LaSalle Cadet Battalion
Fist Hoe J
New York Guard
Lester JC. Higbee
Troy
Hoosick Palis
Lens Balls
Scoenectads
Amsterdam
Gloversville
Cavil An
Carl Comstock
Saratoga Springs
Koy, Sche
Rectady
Albany
Giens Halls
Saratoga Battlefield
Carswell
Second Service Command
F. H. Green
Gainer Roney
Robert Crawford
Schenectady
Frank Schoeffler
Higbee
Harold Smith
Red Cross Ambullance Corps
Doris Richter
Mary DeLong
Glens Falls
D Achilles
Stephen Curtis
2Nd Regiment
Washington
John Rachek
National Bureau
War Department
John Daye
Third Military District
Syracuse
Rachek
Group 4
Red Cross