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Local servicemen listed in Fort Knox and overseas duty
The notice details Pvt. John Altman and Albert Altman at Fort Knox training and set to complete August 19. It lists area men in the Far East including Allen Whitacre Glen Breeden and Robert Baer with divisions in Korea and on Okinawa. Cadets Huntsberry Brown at Fort Knox begin commissions in Army Reserve. Navy enlistees Copp, Sawyer, Keesling, Grim, and others start recruit training at Great Lakes. Lucian Grim completed recruit training and attends aviation technician school. Phyllis Reardon joins the Women’s Army Corps for three years. Local cadets at Fort Bragg participate in summer ROTC training. Navy personnel Culp and Fitzwater attend instructor schools in Norfolk. George Ricketts Jr. receives a promotion to Chief Radioman.
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Far East
Allen W. Whitacre
Ora Whitacre
Gainesboro
1St Cavalry Division
Korea
Glen D. Breeden
Clifford L. Breeden
Route 3
7Th Infantry Division
Robert E. Baer
Charles A. Baer
Route 2
Berryville
30Th Artillery Brigade
Oinawa
Phyllis Reardon
Phyllis R. Reardon
Robert Reardon
Front Royal
Women’s Army Corps
Handley
Ith
Warren County High School
Miss Reardon
Fort McClellan
Ala