The Niemuth
Family - Newspaper Articles
-- James
L. Niemuth --
- Neenah Marine based at Vietnam Camp
- NEENAH - Marine Private First Class
James L. Niemuth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Niemuth of 113
- Green Meadows, is serving at the
Force Logistic Command (FLC), headquartered at Camp Books, eight
miles north of Da Neng, Vietnam.
- Force Logistic Command (FLC), with
headquarters near Da Neng, receives and processes more than
- 40,000 supply requests a month.
Its drivers covered more than a million and a half miles last
year, distributing more than 300,000 tons of cargo and nearly
8,000,000 gallons of water.
- FLC is the largest supply, service
and supply maintenance organization in the Marine Corps. It serves
- U.S. Marine and Republic of South
Korea forces in the five northernmost provinces of South Vietnam.
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- [Source: Oshkosh Daily Northwestern,
Tuesday, February 11, 1969, p. 10]
- Neenah Marine in Vietnam Logistics
- NEENAH - Marine Pvt. 1. C. James
L. Niemuth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Niemuth, 113 Green
- Meadows, is serving the Force Logistic
Command Support Group Bravo, a unit of Marine Forces Logistic
Command in Vietnam.
- The group carries out the basic
purpose of Force Logistic Command by furnishing supply, service
and
- maintenance suport for Marine units
operating in the area just south of the Demilitarized Zone.
- In additional to normal duties,
group Marines maintain their own perimeter guard and provide
reaction
- forces, made up of personnel drawn
from all occupational fields, such as supply clerks, maintenance
personnel and bakers.
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- [Source: Oshkosh Daily Northwestern,
Thursday, February 13, 1969, p. 26-2]
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