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Local service members honored with recent promotions and leaves
Word arrives that Paul Boyce has been promoted to Corporal and is stationed in Germany with the 18th Engineer Battalion. Other servicemen include Marine Pfc Kenneth E. Taylor home on recruit leave from Parris Island and bound for Camp Lejeune, Vernon B. Taylor aboard the USS Randolph touring Rome, and Lt Jerry A. White preparing for Japan duty. Additional notes cover Pfc Earl H. Grimm, James Lloyd Palmer, and Sgt. William Covington facing Korea or travel to bases in California and New York.
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Branson Boyce
Paul Boyce
Cpl. Boyce
Germany
18Th Engineer Battalion
Fort Leonard Wood
B. and S. Poultry Co
Paul W. Boyce
3Rd Pst. Co. B. 18Th Engr. Bn
APO
New York, N. Y
Kenneth E. Taylor
Charles Taylor
Highland Ave
Marine Corps
Parris Island
S. C
Camp LeJeune
N. C
10Th Marines
Earl H. Grimm
George Barb
Route 1
Camp Pendleton
Cal
California
3Rd Marine Division
Japan
States
Vernon Taylor
Mediterranean Marine
Vernon B. Taylor
W. Germaine St
USS
Randolph
Rome
St. Peter’s Basilica
Vatican City
Pantheon
Roman Forum
Constantine
Basilica of St. Peter In Chains
Michelangelo
Moses
U.S
Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
James Lloyd Palmer
USN
L. E. Palmer
N. Cameron St
Navy
Washington
Bainbridge
Fleet Radar School
Norfolk
Jerry A. White
Obelia F. White
Shenandoah Ave
Ralph E. White
Stephen B. White
White
Air Force
Lackland Afb
Texas
Air Force Reserve
William H. Covington
M. T. Covington
Braddock St
Tokyo
Korea