MARITE BARRACKS
AND
COMPLY nAn MARINE SUPPORT .BATTALION (KSG) IIQMC
MARINE BARRACKS
Joining Marine Barracks: on 13
January were the following named
personel hailing from the states
indicated:
PFC W. M. BOTKINS - Ohio
PEG R. L* COLLUP - California
PFC J. F. COYNE - Oklahoma
PFC M. A. HERRERA - California
PFC D. J. HORNSBY - Texas
Pvt M. L. PRAY - Indiana
Welcome aboard men* We all hope
that you enjoy your visit onAiak.
DEPARTING ADAK
Leaving this little island of
Adak, and bound for Dayton, Ohio,
PFC B. W. HARDIN ,:left ;.us on 17
January. He will spend 30 days
on leave, and then he will be st
ationed at the 1st Marine Division
(Rein) FMF Camp Pendleton, Calif.
RETURRIKG TO ADAK
LCpl J.W. RIDGEWAY returned fr- . >
om leave in Anchorage on the 17th
of January. Cpl D. M. Ah I LEY, Cpl-.
G. D. VALBUKEK and LCpl T. G. SL
ACUM also recently returned from■
leave in Anchorage. They all said
that they enjoyed their leave very
much and recommended it to anyone
that is able to make it. Inciden
tlly, LCpl RIDGEWAY’s home is lo
cated at Anchorage. This is the
first time that he has been home
since entering the Marine Corps in
December of I960.
TRIP TO ATKA
LCpl L. J. BIR1ELL and LCpl C.
PARKER were fortunate enough to
take a small boat trip to Atka
this past week, aboard the USS
MOLALA. Many thanks to the members •
of the MOLALA for making this an
enjoyable trip for the Marines.
ITEM OF INTEREST
Major Archibald HENDERSON, the
first Commandant of the Marine
Corps to lead Marines in battle ,
on 27 JarJL837 hung up a sign "vent
to- fight Indians" and departed for
the Great Cypress Swamp, Florida
to fight Seminole Indians.
COMP AhI "A"
Company "A" welcomed aboard la
st week SSGt R. F. BERKDT from Kq
Co, 2d Marine, 2d Marine Division
FMF; LCpl B. J. BAZIDOLA from the
1st Composite Radio Co., Hawaii;
PFC R. T. MOBBRAY, LCpl C. R. PR
OFFITT, and LCpl D.W.WATKIMS, all
from Co C, MarSptBn, LSG, Phili
ppines. Welcome to "sunny" Adakl
Many happy grins can be seen ar
ound the Company "A" Barracks as
the Company Promotion Board just
completed its most productive se
ssion in the history of the unit.
Congratulations go out to the fo
llowing new "boots" in their new
ranksJ
Corporals - W. w. ALFORD, F. F.
BECKLO, JR., • G. A. CALVE, W. A.
DODGE, L. S. FINK, B. W. SIEBERT,
rand C-. SMITH.
Lance Corporals -J. R. ANDERSON
A. BRE HERMAN,P. J. BROOKS, L. J.
CAMPBELL, A. COMPOS JR., R. A.
CARD-, R. CASH, W. A. CARTER, C.
DAE PELS JR., D. G. HAINES, G. W.
LEGG, ' P. 0. MARTINEZ, J. E. MAY
JR., W. M. RATCLIFFE, R. F. ROD
ERICK,' R. L. SCIIUH, and K. U. SH
IPLEY.
LCpl D. J. ZOPFI has received
word that he will be privileged
to spend an extra nine months on
Adah. LCpl ZOPFI has been invol
untarily extended from. March 1962
to December 1962.
Marine Reporter - Cpl Jerry COOK