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COMPANY "A". .MARINE SUPPORT BATTAuIOF (NSG) HCMC
COMPANY "A-"
Orders have been received during
the past week for. several umbers
of Company "A" transferring them
to Various locations around the*
globe. Corporal C. H. MARSHALL
has received, orders to the 1st
Composite Radio Company in Hawaii
and Lance Corporal M, L. CARROL
and PFC P. 0. MARTINEZ’ have rec
eived orders, to Company MD" Ma
I rine Support'Battalion, NSG,Oki
nawa. These transfers are to
take effect in March 1962.
Transferred during, the past week '
were LCpi R. B. FULLARTON to Com
pany "C", Marine Support Battali
on, NSG, Phillipine Islands and'
LCpl R. F. GOLDSBERRY to Company'
"S" t' Marine Support ,Battalion5NSG
Kamiseya,. Japan.
The Company "A*' basketball team.,
has dropped two practice games
in their only outings so far but
are striving to. bring the team up
to par for the. forthcoming .series
with Marine Barracks.
On 6 December the.Company mam En~
1is ted Marines downed'the ComSta
Officers in a thrilling 'volley
ball garie • A" first- the situa
tion looked bad for'them■as they
were" behind, buc uhey fought back
hard and . came opt on top,- When
the- men were asked' how' they felt
when they were behind, the reply
was ; "we? knew we could- beat' them
we were just a little slow in.get
ting started. Next time we will
be ready for them and they won't
get the•jump on us. They are all
pretty good sports though."
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PEC Joseph 'B. BIANChl, who just
returned from ten days leave in
Anchorage, said that it was won
derful. there and if you get a
chance to .go, don’t turn it.down.
Everything was covered with snow
and It was 8° below zero but it
was nice.,'
Marine Barracks lost its first
basketball game to A/C Mainten
ance last Monday night. . That
placed the two teams in a tie.for
first place, with one loss-, each.
Each team, got its lone defeat from
the other. The'two teams meet
once more this season so•ifk you
want.to,see some real top. .notch
basketball playing be sure; to be
out to see.them operate. The fi
nal score'of the game was 60 to 58.
The Marine Leatherneck- bowling
team won four-out. of four games
Tuesday night, as A/C Maintenance
f or fe ited to them■ They now have
won four games and lost four. In
bowling, for team averages GySgt
SHFFPAMD was high and he also had
high game„'
The Marine Devildog bowling team
has won 9 fames while only losing
3. PFC MhGLALDER had high game
and high average on his team*• '
Reporting to Adak for duty at Ma
rine Barracks last Thursday were
twenty one men from First Marine
Division (Reinforced)' Camp Pen
dleton, California* There was 1
Sergeant, 7 Corporals, 5 LCpls? 7
PFC’s and 1 Private. Welcome to
Adak and Marine Barracks. We all
hope you enjoy your tour on Adak.