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National Guard camp report details two week training
The Journal visits the Iowa National Guard camp where 69 officers and men of Company A, 1st Battalion 113th Armor trained at Fort Knox Kentucky. The two week summer camp covered tank formations, crew maintenance and firing 90 mm tanks under hot 90 degree temperatures. Captain Dean Garrett led the unit with 5 a.m. to midnight drills and a 24 hour day in one case.
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113Th Armor
Iowa National Guard
Washington
Ft. Knox
Kentucky
Dean Garrett
Ally
Roger Borup
Wellman
Jerry Higgins
Iowa City
Jimmy Litwiller
Forrest W. Mitchell
Richard Holmes
Crawfordsville
Duane Thies
Owen White
Ainsworth
Lloyd Buck
Rodney Conrad
Keota
Donald Dempsey
Dewey Hawkins
Tipton
John Humphreys
Neal Jacobs
Burlington
William Lloyd
Glenn Murphy
Marlin Peiffer
Myron Krotz
11314
Armor
Cloid Willits
Richard
National Guard
Richard Stalder