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508TH IN SINAI NEWSLINE (4) |
 PVT.
DAVID W. ST. CHARLES,
son of Ruthann St. Charles of 4523 S.E. 14th Place, Cape Coral,
and James St. Charles Jr. of 9293 East Road, Burt, Mich., is a
member of the 2nd Battalion, 508th Infantry, Fort Bragg, N.C.,
participating in the. multi-national peace-keeping force and
observers (MFO) as the primary U.S. military contingent in the
Sinai.
[source: News-Press, Fort Myers, FL, Sun, Apr 3, 1983, Other
Editions, Page 39]
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 PFC
CLIFTON E. PORTER,
son of Arline L. Beauchesne of 3932 Belmont St., Fort Myers, Is
a member of the 2nd Battalion, 508th Infantry, Fort Bragg, N.C.
participating in the multi-national peace-keeping force and
observers (MFO) as the primary US. military contingent in the
Sinai.
[News-Press, Fort Myers, FL, Wed, Mar 30, 1983, Other Editions,
Page 20] |
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 Mark
A. Gregory
Army Pvt. Mark A. Gregory, son of William L. and Marcia S.
Gregory of Rural Route 2, Shelbyville, is a member of the 2nd
Battalion, 508th Infantry, Fort Bragg, N.C., participating in
the multi-national peace-keeping force and observers (MFO) as
the primary U.S. military contingent in the Sinai.
The MFO, an independent agency responsible to the governments of
Israel and Egypt, was established as a result of the 1979
Egypt-Israel peace treaty.
The mission of the airborne unit is to operate check points and
observation posts and conduct reconnaissance patrols along the
Sinai peninsula. The peninsula is located on the southeast
shores of the Mediterranean Sea and extends eastward from the
Suez Canal to Israel and southward from the Mediterranean to the
Red Sea.
The unit will be the third U.S. contingent to serve with the MFO,
replacing the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry, of Fort Campbell,
Ky.
His wife, Lori, is the daughter of Fred and Mary Wellman of
Fountaintown.
The private is a 1974 graduate of Morristown High School. |
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