- Date
- 1970-08-28
- Kind
- Appointment
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- governmenteducationcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Clyde W. Johnson III graduated from Officers’ Candidate School at Fort Benning on August 28, 1970, as second in a class of 91 and was reported as headed for airborne training and a Special Forces assignment.
Evidence and limits
The source is a community servicemen’s notice and does not provide a military record beyond the published education and assignment details.
Sources
- Reports Clyde W. Johnson III graduating August 28 as second in a class of 91 at Fort Benning, with later airborne training and a Special Forces assignment planned.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1970-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published servicemen’s notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1970-09_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Clyde W. Johnson III graduates as Army second lieutenant, 1970”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-clyde-johnson-officer-commission-1970/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1970, “Servicemen’s News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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