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Francis Martin completes infantry training and Arthur Souter receives Navy recognition, 1967

Also December 1967 Beaver Island servicemen notices

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TypeEvent
Datecirca 1967-12
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
circa 1967-12
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Announcement
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Beaver Island

Summary

The December 1967 Beaver Beacon reported that Army Private Francis E. Martin completed nine weeks of advanced infantry training at Fort Polk and that Arthur G. Souter was named Sailor of the Month for the second time in two years.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper servicemen notice. It does not provide military personnel files or complete service histories.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Reports Francis E. Martin completing nine weeks of advanced infantry training and Arthur G. Souter being named Sailor of the Month for the second time; it does not provide military personnel files or complete service histories.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1967-12_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held seven-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published servicemen notices.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1967-12_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Francis Martin completes infantry training and Arthur Souter receives Navy recognition, 1967”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-servicemen-news-december-1967/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1967, “Servicemen's News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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