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...Hope & Promise." After a speech in Springfield, Mass., Stevenson appeared at Quantico, Va., where his eldest son, Adlai III, was about to receive his commission as a Marine second lieutenant. While young Adlai sat among the ranks of successful officer candidates, his father delivered one of the most moving speeches he has yet made. Said Adlai Senior to the young marines...
...departed the blips reappeared, playing all over the scope, Barnes said, "like a bunch of kids." He called all airliners flying near Washington, asked their pilots to report any strange objects. One pilot saw a white light, moving fast. But during all this uproar, other radars near Washington (e.g., Quantico and Fort Meade) saw nothing unusual...
Juniors, seniors, and recent graduates are eligible for the course, which may be taken in either one or two summers, with a commission after successful completion of training. The program is held at the Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, Virginia and provides basic theoretical and military instruction. The first part of the course emphasizes indoctrination in "Marine Corps concepts...
...bitter street fighting for Naha, the capital city. In World War II he picked up two D.S.M.s, two Legions of Merit and a fourth Purple Heart. Postwar: Spent four years as C.O., first at the Amphibious Training School at Little Creek, Va., then at the Marine Corps Schools at Quantico, Va. In 1947 was called to Washington, in line for the job of Commandant with his friend, Clifton Gates. Gates, also the possessor of a topflight record, got the four stars on seniority. Shepherd, said the President, would have another crack at it. Shepherd became boss of the Fleet Marine...
Training at Quantico, Va., will last ten weeks from November 29 on, and graduates will be commissioned second lieutenants. Then they will go through five months of basic training...