Westmoreland to Lead Expanded Viet Nam Offensive Plans
U.S. officials anticipate a bigger Viet Nam push as 127000 American troops arrive and the dry season enables full air operations. The 1st Cavalry Division with 428 helicopters strengthens Westmoreland, who aims to strike from bases and fix enemy units across the countryside, with Delta pacification a byproduct of security and air support.
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Washington
U.S
William C. Westmoreland
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
1St Cavalry Division
Westmoreland
Chu Lai
Local Kiwanis Members Plan Roanoke District Attendance
Four members of the Roanoke Kiwanis Club will attend the Golden Anniversary Year convention of the Capital District Kiwanis International in Roanoke from tomorrow through Saturday. Attendees are Bill Chapman, Loring Wright, Carlisle Fisher, and Clyde Hershman. The event, hosted by the Roanoke club, includes about 166 clubs and a total membership near 9000 with District Governor John R. Rogers Jr. presiding. Derral L. Clark of Wisconsin will speak, joined by Claude H. Hellmann of Maryland, former Kiwanis officer.
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Kiwanis Club
Capital District
Kiwanis International
Roanoke
Bill Chapman
Loring Wright
Carlisle Fisher
Clyde Hershman
Kiwanis
John R. Rogers, Jr
Milford
Dela
Derral L. Clark
Wauwatosa
Wis
Claude H. Hellmann
Towson, Md
State of Maryland
King of Sweden Calls Jim Thorpe Greatest Athlete
The King of Sweden praised Jim Thorpe as the greatest athlete in the world after he won both the pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games. Thorpe was later barred for professionalism and had his Olympic records erased.
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Sweden
Jim Thorpe
Stockholm
Aerve
Army Chaplains in World War II
The record notes 88,000 chaplains served in the United States Army during World War II with 1,700 receiving military decorations and many losing their lives.
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Winchester
Sapa
Atsinger
Singer
Ward Plaza
Ing
Delta
Riverside
API
Antafreeze
Kiwanis District
Hotel
Kiwanis Club of
Mortgage Security Corporation
W. Boscawen St
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