Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-07-27
Men in Service

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Charles w. Steele, Route No.
5, Chardon, was graduated
recently from the aircraft
mechanic course at Sheppard
AFB, Texas.
He graduated from Char
don High School in Chardon
and was employed as a mec-
hanic by Haueters Sohio,
Chardon, prior to his entry in
military service.
Airman Steele came to
Sheppard AFB from Lack
land AFB, Texas, where he
began his basic military ira
ining. Airman Steele is pre-
Sently home on leave, after
which he is going overseas to
tn Philippine Islands.
CAPE CANAVERAL Par
ticipating in recovery opera
tions for Air Force Captain
Virgil I. (GuS) GriSSom, sec
ond U. S. aStronaut, while
serving aboard the anti-sub-
marine warfare support air
craft carrier USS Randolph
operating off the Coast of
Florida, was Harold O. Hill
denbrand, seaman, USN, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Harold O..
Hildenbrand Of Chardon.
The Navy recovery force,
composed of both surface and
air units, was deployed down
the flight path from Cape
Canaveral to the touchdown
area northeast of the Grand
Bahamas Island, and was
prepared to recover the Sp-
aCecraft wherever it landed
Actual recovery was made
by a Marine Corps helicop-
ter which lifted Capt. Girls
som out of the water before
the untimely sinking of the
Liberty Bell 7" space craft
and transported him to the
deck of the aircraft carrier
USS Randolph, flagship of the
dOWn-range recovery force
headed by Commander, Car
rier Division 16.
Capt. GriSSom'S Spacecraft
reached a speed Of 5,310 mph
400 mph faster than anticip-
ated, and travelled to a height
of approximately 623 ,040 feet
before it made its water land
ing 305 miles off Cape Cana
veral.
GREAT LAKES, III. - The
Electricians Mate School at
the Naval Training Center,
Great Lakes, ILL.,, trains blue
Jackets in the repair, main
tenance and operation of all
m o q ern naval electrical
equipment.
Among those scheduled to
be graduated from the school
July 25, is Frank p. Svetek
Jr., seaman, USN, son of Mr..
and Mrs. F. P. Svetek of 165
Wilson Mills rd., Chester
land.
Instruction during the IA
week school also include the
preparation and use of blue
prints and wiring diagrams.
SANDHOFEN, GERMANY
Army Pvt. Thomas R. Geo
rye, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. En-
win G. George, Route 2, Bur-
ton, recently arrived in Ger
many and is now a member
of the 9Th Infantry Division.
George, a driver in the
104th Transportation Comp
any of the divisions Goth Bat
talon in Sandhofen, entered
the Army last January and
completed basic training at
Fort Knox, KY.
The 20-year-old soldier is a
1860 graduate of Burton High
School.
BAD KREUZNACH, GER
MANY - Army Sgt. George
R. Blair, %, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Audre G.. Blair, Route
"A, Newbury, participated,
with other personnel from
the Seventh U. S. Army's 9th
Infantry Division in April
Shower, a command post eX.
erciSe in Germany which end
ed in mid-June.
The exercise was designed
as a study of organization,
displacement of units, COM
munications and logistics. All
US. corps and divisions with
in the Seventh Army particip-
ated at command levels.
During April Shower con-
troll Staffs fed problems and
situations involving the acti-
vities of a simulated aggreSs-
or force to the participating
commands. These units then
took the necessary action.
Blair, a supply sergeant in
Company B of the divisions
9th Signal Battalion in Bad
Kreuznach, entered the army
in September 1856 and arriv-
ed overseas in August 1859.
A 1856 graduate of Newbury
High School, the sergeant at
tended Ohio University. His
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