Sumter (LST 1181) - Naval Cruise Book

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Msso DETACHIVIE 1 li Ssgt. Charles W. Giddens was born in Virginia in 1954. He joined the Corps in 1974 and served four years as an Military' Policeman before making a lateral move to the Motor Transport Held. He is a grad ua te ofthe MP's Correctional School, Mechan- ics School Motor Transport Chief and the Staff NCO Academy. lst Lt. David A. Fields was born in Ala- bama in 1961. He attended Western Caroli- na University and received a Bachelors in Criminal Justice in 1983. Entering the PLC program, he was commissioned upon gradu- ation. He has completed the Motor Trans- port Officer course and has been TAD with .MSSG-22 since February, 1986. SSgt. James A. Anders has served world- wide as a Tank Turret Repair Specialist. He also served as a Drill Instructor at Par- ris lsland. Since joining the corps in 1973 he has attended Tank Repair School, Tur- ret Repair School, and has been with his current unit since Februarv of 1986. He was born in Illinois in 1955. Sgt- R. A. Johnson Sgt' J J T hibodeau Cpl. V. M. Camacho Cpl. R. IL Nichols L l. CPL K C Hixon If-gl CPL D- E- Mallinckrodt Sgt- T1 L. Thurman R C. PalacioCpl. e . L I. gp? G. A. Shackelford Ligi, P . K. L. Pangborn Lcpl' Cp1'fA' Campbell cpl 0. C, Poe A. Carlson, Jr. D Brown W. Carrick J. McEIhaney J. Moore B. Plummer E. Thacker A. Jakuchunas W. Pereddo S. Tennis Lcpl Lcpl Lcpl Lcpl Lcpl Lcpl Lcpl Lcpl Lcpl Lcpl Lcpl Lcpl M. T. Henson J. L. Kuntz M. W. Hendrix J. J. Malone N. D. Wright li. P. Fischer A. S. Mullinix J. C. Cressman M. R. Sneed E. R. Czamecki R. L. Blevins D L. Sullivan 1-1-g....iw 1317. Lcpl. . D. Alexander Lcpl. W. Dewitt, Jr. Lcpl. L. James Lcpl. B. A. Roman Lcpl. G. Smith Lcpl. McClendon Lcpl. R. Strong Lcpl. A. Valdez Lcpl. J. Mc1Yuckle Lcpl. . R. Neumann Lcpl. . A. Brown Lcpl. D. A. Cummings 10