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Second Lieutenant Arthur J.
Intemann, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur J. Intemann Sr. of 85
Fallwood Parkway, Farmingdale
has entered U. S. Air Force
pilot training at Webb Air Force
Base, Texas.
Lieutenant Intemann will fly
the newest Air Force jet trainers
and receive special academic and
military training during the year­long
course. He will be awarded
silver pilot wings upon comple­tion
of the Air Training Command
flying program.
A 1963 graduate of Chaminade
High School, Mineola, the lieuten­ant
received his B. S. degree in
1967 from the University of Day­ton
( Ohio).
He was commissioned in 1967
upon completion of Officers
Training School at Lackland Air
Force Base, Texas.
Marine Lance Corporal
Thomas J. Gandt, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond G. Gandt of
14 Westshore Drive, Massape­qua,
has reported for duty at the
Marine Battacks, Subic Bay, Re­public
of the Philippines.
Sergeant Thomas Steger, son
of Mr. and Mrs. George M. Steger
of 17 Prospect PI., Massapequa,
is on duty at Ubon Royal Thai
Air Force Base, Thailand.
Sergeant Steger, an air arma­ment
mechanic, is assigned to a
unit of the Pacific Air Forces.
Before his arrival in Southeast
Asia, he served with the 23rd
Instructor Squadron, Lowry Air
Force Base, Colorado.
The sergeant is a 1964 gradu­ate
of Massapequa High School.
His wife, Janie, is the daugh­ter
of Mr. and Mrs. George
Walden of 339 Pratt, Longmont,
Colo.
Airman Robert P. Mancuso,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip J.
Mancuso of 87 Intervale Ave.,
Farmingdale, has completed
basic training at Amarillo Air
Force Base, Texas. He is now
assigned as an administrative
specialist with a unit of the
Tactical Air Command at Eglin
Air Force Base, Florida.
Airman Mancuso is a 1967
graduate of Farmingdale Senior
High School.
Second Lieutenant Raymond J.
Enners, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond H. Enners, 83 Beech-wood
St., Farmingdale, com­pleted
the Army Infantry School's
ranger course at Fort Benning,
Georgia.
recruit training at the Marine
Corps Recruit Depot, Parris
Island, S. C.
Army Second Lieutenant Henry
W. Warner in, 25, whose parents
live at 235 Seaford Ave., Mas­sapequa,
was assigned as a
platoon leader to Company C,
1st Battalion of the 5th Infantry
Division's 11th Infantry at Ft.
Carson, Colorado.
Technical Sergeant Edmund T.
Green, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed­mund
T. Green of 87 W„ Oak
St., Farmingdale, is currently
on tour with the Airmen of Note,
the official dance orchestra of
the United States Air Force.
Sergeant Green, who plays the
trombone, and the other 17
musicians are performing 26
concerts during a 21- day, 7- state
tour from Texas to Virginia. The
band is based at Boiling Air Force
Base, Washington, D. C.
Sergeant Green has played with
many big- name bands including
those of Les Elgart, Warren
Covington, Ralph Marterie,
Buddy Morrow and Bill May.
A graduate of Weldon E. Howitt
High School, the sergeant studies
at Mannes College of Music, New
York.
His wife is the former Ellen
M. Hansen.
Army Sergeant Martin Matina,
22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Matina, 91 Lambert Ave., Farm­ingdale,
received the Good Con­duct
Medal while assigned to the
2nd Armored Division at Fort
Hood, Texas.
Sgt. Matina received the award
for exemplary conduct, efficiency
and fidelity in active military
service.
Sgt. Matina is a radio relay
and carrier operator assigned to
Company C of. the d i v i s i o n ' s
142nd Signal Battalion.
Marine Privates Nicholas P.
Coppola, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Nicholas Coppola of 208 Ocean
Ave., Joseph T. Demyen, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Demyen
of 53 Broadway; Gregory C.
Flanagan son of Mrs. Rose Sivak
of 238 Cypress St and Armand
Amato, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
Armand Amato of 287 Clark Blvd.
all of Massapequa Park were
graduated from eight weeks of
Army Private First Class Ron­ald
W. Gaska, 20, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Rinehart Gaska of 2 Holly­wood
Lane, Massapequa Park, is
assigned to the 716th Military Po­lice
Battalion, in Saigon, Viet
Nam.
Ronald is a graduate of the
Alfred G. Berner High School,
class of 1966.
Army Specialist Four James
A. Delaney, 22, son of Mr. and
Mrs. James P. Delaney, 34 Jet-more
Place, Massapequa, rec­eived
the Good Conduct Medal,
while, assigned to the 2nd Ar­mored
Division at Fort Hood,
Texas.
Spec. Delaney received the a-ward
for exemplary conduct, ef­ficiency
and fidelity in active
military service.
He is a powerman in the main­tenance
section of Headquarters
Company, 2nd Battalion of the
division's 50th Infantry.
Army Private Alan J. Full-shire,
21, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred C. Fullshire, 70 West-gate
Road, Massapequa, com­pleted
reconnaissance training
at the Army Armor Center, Ft.
Knox, Kentucky.
Private Bruce D. Bohm, 19,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bohm,
243 N. Hickory St., North Mas­sapequa,
completed eight weeks
of military police training at the
Army T r a i n i n g Center, Ft.
Gordon, Georgia.
Army Specialist Four Peter
M. Rogine, 20, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Michael J. Rogine, 253
Glengariff Road, Massapequa
Park, was assigned as a bands­man
in the 266th Army Band,
Headquarters United States
Army, Vietnam near Long Binh,
Vietnam.
United States Air Force Staff
Sergeant Kenneth E. Fagan, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Fa­gan
of 72 Leslie Ln., Massape­qua,
is a crew member aboard
a C- 135 Stratolifter th ; t recently
established twonewMilitary Air­lift
Command ( MAC) records.
The aircraft, from the 40th
Military Airlift Squadron, Mc
Guire Air Force Base, New
Jersey, set new marks for dis­tance
and endurance when it flew
from Clark Air Base, Philippines
to the east coast a distance
of 9,525 miles in 16 hours, 50
minutes.
Army Private First Class
James W. Mc Caffrey, 20, son
of Mrs. Betsy Mc Caffrey, 203
A. Glenn Court, Farmingdale,
was assigned to Company A, 3rd
Battalion of the 25th Infantry
Division's 22nd Infantry near Dau
Tieng, Vietnam.
Seaman Recruit Kurt A. Wuif,
USN, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur H. Wolf of 18 Herbert
Ave., Massapequa Park, has been
graduated from nine weeks of
Navy basic training at the Naval
Training Center at Great Lakes
Illinois.
marine warfare support aircraft
carrier USS Intrepid off the coast
of North Vietnam.
Army Private First Class
Thomas E. Graf, 20, son of Mr.
and Mrs Charles Graf, 13 Jack­son
Ave., Massapequa Park, ar­rived
in Vietnam with his unit,
the 198th Light Infantry Brigade.
Seaman Recruit Robert I. Cap-peto,
USN, 19, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Pat Cappeto of 7 Rustwood
Place, Massapequa Park, has
been graduated from nine weeks
of Navy basic training at the
Naval Training Center, Great
Lakes, Illinois.
Cadet Third Classs William
A. McDonough, son of Mr. Wil­liam
A. McDonough of 149 Prim­rose
Ave., Massapequa Park,
has entered his second year of
study at the United States Coast
Guard Academy in New London,
Connecticut.
Captain Robert E. Gallo, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Gal­lo
of 65 Nelson St., Farming-dale,
recently took part in a
successful mission over Viet­nam.
Captain Gallo and a fellow F-
100 Super Sabre pilot inflicted
heavy damage on two vital enemy
taregts.
The two- man flight was
credited with destroying 22
enemy fortified structures.
A graduate of W. E. Howitt
High School, he received his
B. S. degree in 1962 from Parks
College of Aeronautical Techno­logy
of St. Louis University. He
was commissioned there upon
completion of the A ir Force Re­serve
Officers Training Corps
program.
His wife, Francis, is the daugh­ter
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Oelsehlager of 9 Fourth St., Far­mingdale.
Army Doctor ( Capt.) Ronald
W. Brostek, 34, whose wife,
Marilyn, lives at 22 Gloucester
Road. Massapequa, completed a
medical service officer basic
course Oct. 13 at Brooke Army
Medical Center, Ft. Sam
Houston, Texas.
Fireman Charles F. Pfister,
USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. William
C. Pfister of 1 Hickory St., Farm­ingdale,
is serving aboard the
fleet repair ship USS Vulcan
homeported in Norfolk, Vir­ginia.
Marine Lance Corporal Thom­as
G. Johnson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene Johnson of 210 N.
Beech St. N., Massapequa, has
completed the Motor Vehicle Op­erator's
Course at Motor Trans­port
School, Marine Corps Base,
Camp Lejeune, N. C.
Hunter C„ Beaubian Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Hunter C. Beaubian
Sr. of 102 Roosevelt Ave., Massa­pequa,
has been promoted to
sergeant in the U. S. Air Force.
Sergeant Beaubian, a security
policeman at Torrejon Air Base,
Spain, is a member of the U. S.
Air Forces in Europe.
The sergeant, attended Cen­tral
College, Pella, Iowa, and
Nassau Community College, Gar­den
City.
Airman Richard N. OmelchuK,
USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nich­olas
Omelchuk of 47 Arlyn Drive,
E„ Massapequa, has completed
his third " on- the- line" period
off the coast of North Vietnam
aboard the attack aircraft car­rier
USS Constellation.
pequa, was promoted to Army
specialist while serving with the
69th Signal Battalion in Vietnam.
A security guard in the battal-lion's.
Headquarters Company,
Spec. Rameriz entered on active
duty in August 1966 and was sta­tioned
at Ft. Gordon, Georgia
prior to his arrival in Vietnam
last March.
Spec. Rameriz is a 1965 grad­uate
of Massapequa High School.
Army Captain EdwardS. Brod-erick,
27, son of Edward F.
Broderick, 45 Ocean Ave., Mas­sapequa,
received the Air Medal
in Vietnam.
Captain Broderick earned the
award for combat aerial support
of ground operations. He also
received the Purple Heart Medal
for wounds received in Vietnam.
Broderick is the commanding
officer of Company A, 2nd Battal­ion
of the 1st Cavalry Division's
2nd Battalion.
Marine Private Thomas F. Sul­livan,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Thom­as
H. Sullivan of 281 N. Linden
St., Massapequa, was graduated
from eight weeks of recruit train­ing
at the Marine Corps Recruit
Depot, Parris Island, South Caro­lina.
James R. Florin, 24, son of
Mr. and Mrs. James G. Florin,
219 N. Manhattan Ave., North
Massapequa, was commissioned
an Army second lieutenant on
completion of the Ordnance Of­ficer
Candidate School at Aber­deen
Proving Ground, Maryland.
Lt. Florin received a B. S.
degree in 1964 from St. Joseph's
College, Philadelphia, Pa.
Navy Captain Francis X. Egan,
son of Mr. and Mrs. KieranEgan
of 51 Frankel Road, Massapequa,
was graduated from the 47 week
Vietnamese Language Course at
the Defense Language institute
in Washington, D. C.
Captain Egan is a graduate of
the U. S. Naval Academy in
Annapolis, Md.
Electronics Technician Third
Class Richard S. Kleinhans, USN,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard J.
Kleinhans, of 161 Harding St.,
is serving aboard the anti- sub-
Edward C. Dmytryk, son of
Mr. and Mrs. William Dmytryk
of 17 Barberry Ct., Massapequa,
recently completed a four- week
U. S. Air Force Reserve Officers
Training Corps field training en­campment
at Otis Air Force
Base, Massachussetts. Dmytryk
is a student at The Citadel,
Charleston, S. C.
Fred P. Silverstein, son of
Mrs. Marie Silverstein of 33
Hastings Road, Massapequa, has
been commissioned a second
lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force
upon graduation from Officer
Training School at Lackland
Air Force Base, Texas.
The lieutenant was graduated
from Plainedge High School and
received his B. S. degree from
Massachusetts Institute of Tech­nology,
Cambridge. He has an
M. B. A. degree from Cornell Uni­versity,
Ithaca, and is a member
of Alpha Epsilon Pi.
His wife, Mary, is the daugh­ter
of Mr. and Mrs. Abner Levy
of 259 Pennsylvania Ave., Free-port.
Charles F. Coffill Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Coffill
Sr. of 148 Chicago Ave., Mas­sapequa,
recently completed a
four- week U. S. Air Force Re­serve
Officers Training Corps
field training encampment at Otis
Air Force Base, Massachusetts.
Coffill is a student at New York
University.
Marine Private William M.
Patterson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
James Patterson of 21 Plymouth
Road, Massapequa, was graduat­ed
from eight weeks of recruit
training at the Marine Corps Re­cruit
Depot, Parris Island, South
Carolina.
Cadet First Class Cliff K.
Vogelsberg Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. K. Vogelsberg of 455
Charles Ave., Massapequa Park,
has entered his fourth year of
study at the U. S. Coast Guard
Academy in New London, Connec­ticut.
Army Private Ronald W.
Wynne, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs..
William E. Wynne, 21 Kent Lane,
South Farmingdale, completed an
eight- week field artillery basic
course Oct. 12 at Ft. Sill, Okla­homa.
Louis J. Rameriz Jr., 21, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Rami­rez,
578 Riverside Ave., Massa-
Mario Candiano, son of Mr; and
Mrs. Joseph Santisi, 225 Willard
Ave., Farmingdale, was promoted
to Army specialist four near Long
Binh, Vietnam, where he is serv­ing
with the 44th Signal Battalion.
Spec. Candiano, assigned to the
battalion's Company B, entered
the Army in August 1966, com­pleted
his basic training at Ft.
Gordon, Georgia and arrived
overseas in March of this year.
The 23- year- old soldier is a
1962 graduate of Weldon E. Howit-te
High School in Farmingdale.
His wife, Laura, lives at 57
Sullivan Road, Farmingdale.
Cadet Third Class Richard K.
Defeo, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
M. Defeo of 50 Cherokee St.,
Massapequa, N. Y. has entered
his second year of study at the
U. S. Coast Guard Academy.
Cadet Third Class Robert A.
Reinen, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur R. Reinen of 144 N. Queens
Ave., N. Massapequa, N. Y., has
entered his second year of study
at the U. S. Coast Guard Academy.
Cadet First Class Fred L.
Ames, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ber­nard
Ames of 6 Eden Ave., Mas­sapequa,
Long Island, has entered
his fourth year of study at the
U. S. Coast Guard Academy.
Cadet First Class Cliff K.
Vogelsberg Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. K. Vogelsberg of 455
Charles Ave., Massapequa Park,
has entered his fourth year of
study at the U. S. Coast Guard
Academy.
Cadet Third Class William A.
McDonough son of Mr. William
A. McDonough of 149 Primrose
Ave., Massapequa Park, N. Y.,
has entered his second year of
study at the U. S. Coast Guard
Academy.
Army Private First Class Jo­seph
R. Carosella, 20, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Benjamin Carosella, 23
N. Front St., Farmingdale, was
assigned to the 11th Armored
Cavalry Regiment in Vietnam.
Cadet Third Class Robert A.
Reinen, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur R. Reinen of 144 N. Queens
Ave., N. Massapequa, Long
Island, N. Y. has entered his sec­ond
year of study at the U. S.
Coast Guard Academy in New
London, Connecticut.
Army Private Patrick C. Wil­liams,
25, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Curtis K. Williams, 45 Harrison
Place, Massapequa, N. Y. was as­signed
to the 36thSignal Battalion
near Long Binh, Vietnam.
Pvt. Williams, a radio relay
and carrier operator in the bat­talion's
Headquarters Company,
entered the Army in March 1967.
He completed basic training at Ft.
Jackson, South Carolina, and was
last stationed at Ft. Gordon,
Georgia.
Before entering the Army, he
was employed by the Grumman
Aircraft Engineering Corporation
in Bethpage.
Army Private Michael Rabas-ca,
20, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Rabasca, 973 N. Central
Ave., North Massapequa, was
assigned to the 561st Transpor­tation
Company near Long Binh,
Vietnam.
Marine Private First Class
Frank A. Walker, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank A. Walker of 9 Re-gina
Road, Farmingdale, is serv­ing
with the Third Battalion, 11th
Marine Regiment, First Marine
Division in the Republic of Viet­nam.
Army First Lieutenant Andrew
E. Kreek Jr., 24, whose parents
live at 583 Carmans Road, Farm­ingdale,
was assigned to the 15th
Engineer Battalion of the 9th In­fantry
Division in Vietnam.
Farmingdale OBSERVER Thursday, November 23, 1967
Marine Private Mitchell P.
Kislowski, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Mitchell Kislowski of 10 Henley
Road, Farmingdale, completed
two weeks of training under sim­ulated
combat conditions in the
fundamentals of day and night
patroling, employment of infan­try
weapons, survival methods
and assault tactics at this Marine
Corps base at Camp Pendleton,
California.
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