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10/30/1950 Columbus First Korean War Casualties Received
10/30/1950 Franklin Star 30-year-old lineman dies of shock and burns received at Camp Atterbury. Mr. Chester S. Cockerham dies after receiving severe shock while inspecting transformers.
10/31/1950 Franklin Star Atterbury chorus to sing at Methodist Church dinner.
11/03/1950 Franklin Star Local ministers to meet in Chapel 701 at 10:30 a.m.
11/04/1950 Franklin Star Camp Was Named After Hoosier Who Made Big Contribution to Country
11/07/1950 Franklin Star Gen. Mark Clark To Inspect Units At Camp Thursday
11/09/1950 Franklin Star New Rifle Ring will be an important of the 28th Division's training.
11/09/1950 Franklin Star Bagpipes replaces drums for unit at Camp Atterbury. 3641st Ordnance MM Company boasts Corporal John A. Thomson, who leads his unit in parades wearing his colorful kilts.
11/10/1950 Franklin Star Gen. Mark Clark Makes Inspection At Camp Atterbury. Future Of 28th Division Depends On World Situation
11/11/1950 Franklin Star PRIVATE INVITED TO SURPRISE MEETING WITH GEN. CLARK
11/11/1950 Franklin Star General Strickler crowns Franklin College winner of the "Miss Esquire Calendar Girl" contest.
11/13/1950 Franklin Star Six cousins of Pfc Kenneth Burkett, 110th Infantry Battalion, 29th Division, die in Pennsylvania fire.
11/16/1950 Franklin Star 110th Infantry Regiment chosen Glee Club winner in 28th Division.
11/17/1950 Franklin Star Arrange Big Feast for 28th Division - 2,790 Pounds Of Shrimp On Menu.
11/17/1950 Franklin Star 95 Women Finish Training Course For Gray Ladies
11/20/1950 Franklin Star Service Center plans programs. Junior hostesses make plans for their weekly trip to Camp Atterbury.
11/21/1950 Franklin Star Training Chief for 28th Division to visit camp. Brig. Gen. David A. D. Ogden, Chief of the Organization and training division of the Army to arrive Tuesday afternoon.
11/22/1950 Franklin Star 90 Percent of 28th Division Will Leave on "Operation Jingle Bells"
(See article - 12-08-1950)
12/07/1950 Franklin Star Use Small Planes To Train Troop's - Observe Division At Camp Atterbury
12/08/1950 Franklin Star Two Survivors of Korean Massacre Meet Again at Atterbury Hospital
12/08/1950 Franklin Star Army Scraps Plan for long Holiday - Korean Crisis Is Given As Reason
12/08/1950 Franklin Star First military funeral since Camp is re-activated.
12/11/1950 Franklin Star Christmas Seal sale is held at Camp Atterbury.
12/15/1950 Columbus Patti Page Entertains
12/16/1950 Franklin Star 28th Division men granted 5-day furloughs instead of promised 10-days. Operation Jingle Bells back in full swing.
12/16/1950 Franklin Star Yuletide party planned at Camp. Children of servicemen will be entertained at a Christmas party in Service Club No. 1. Approximately 700 planned to attend. Santa to arrive in a jeep.
12/23/1950 Franklin Star Atterbury unit host to needy family. The 5015th ASU will provide Christmas Dinner and gifts for a local mother and her five children, who were looking forward to a bleak Christmas.
12/28/1950 Franklin Star Big Improvement Project Planned At Camp Hospital - Total Cost Will Be $2,000,000; Korean Casualties Arriving
12/28/1950 Franklin Star Second group of 28th Division soldiers ready to take their leaves. Post will be at half-strength with 10,000 men on duty.
12/29/1950 Franklin Star Five soldiers injured at Camp by shell explosion. All from Tank Co., 112th Regiment, 28th Division. Injured when a bazooka shell exploded.
01/03/1951 Franklin Star Slot machines outlawed at Camp Atterbury and Fort Harrison. Ordered by President Truman.
01/04/1951 Franklin Star Two civilians charged with stealing more than $400 of Camp and Hospital supplies. Third to be sentenced next week.
01/10/1951 Franklin Star Largest unit to roll into Camp Atterbury since the 28th, arrives tomorrow. Advance party of the 175th Military Police will arrive on two troop trains.
01/11/1951 Franklin Star 28th Division review open to the public.
01/12/1951 Franklin Star Reactivated VI Corps Will Set Up Headquarters at Camp Atterbury
01/17/1951 Franklin Star French Consul Will Give Gift of Flag to Atterbury Unit
01/24/1951 Franklin Star Maj. Gen. Burgess Assumes Command Of Camp Atterbury And Sixth Corps
01/26/1951 Franklin Star Atterbury Dental Clinic is Opened. 25-chair center has top equipment.
01/29/1951 Franklin Star Lt. Shober, 108th FA, 28th Division dies of car accident on Mauxferry Road. Wife thrown clear. Year's first fatality.
01/29/1951 Franklin Star Indiana Weather Slows Training Program Qt Camp Atterbury - Impressive Review Marks Completion of Basic Cycle
02/01/1951 Franklin Star New Day Care opens at Franklin Servicemen's Center.
02/02/1951 Franklin Star 28th Infantry Division Enters New Phase Of Battle Training
02/05/1951 Franklin Star The Indiana American Legion includes Wakeman General Hospital as part of their hospital program.
02/06/1951 Franklin Star 365-Pound Atterbury soldier gives Army supply officers a big headache.
02/07/1951 Franklin Star Secretary of Army Arrives at Camp; Troops Prepare to Leave for Center
02/08/1951 Franklin Star Army Secretary inspects troops
02/12/1951 Franklin Star Atterbury G. I.'s Will Be Shipped To Korea Within 30 Days, Army Says
02/13/1951 Franklin Star Indiana Senator Homer E. Capehart visits wounded at Camp Atterbury's U. S. Army hospital.
02/16/1951   Col. Charles W. Pence, of VI Corps gets promotion to General. Col. Pence commanded the American-Japanese (Neisi) troops in WW2.
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