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Arthur Souter leaves for Navy assignment on USS Galveston (1961)

Also 1961 Arthur Souter Navy service notice

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era

Summary

Arthur Souter, identified as a grandson of Art Larson, enlisted in the Navy in June and left for Norfolk at the beginning of 1961. The notice says he would be assigned to the USS Galveston in the Medical Corps.

Evidence and limits

This is a community service notice, not a personnel file. Private service numbers, rank, exact assignment dates, and later military history are not modeled.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, January 1961, “Servicemen’s News.”
    Reports that Arthur Souter, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Art Larson, enlisted in the Navy in June, left at the beginning of 1961 for Norfolk, Virginia, and would be assigned to USS Galveston in the Medical Corps. It does not provide service number, rank, dates of assignment, or a complete military record.