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Tom Elms returns from Vietnam tour and receives Wichita station, 1970

Also Tom Elms returns from Vietnam, 1970

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TypeEvent
Datecirca 1970-02
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
circa 1970-02
Kind
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Summary

The February 1970 Beaver Beacon reports Tom Elms’s return from a Vietnam tour of duty. It says his new station was Wichita, Kansas, where his wife and son could join him, and that he met Giles McCann in Vietnam.

Evidence and limits

This is a community servicemen notice, not a military personnel file or complete deployment record.

Sources

  1. Reports Tom Elms returning from a Vietnam tour, meeting Giles McCann there, and receiving a new station in Wichita, Kansas where his wife and son could join him; it does not provide military personnel records.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1970-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eleven-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published servicemen notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1970-02_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Tom Elms returns from Vietnam tour and receives Wichita station, 1970”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-tom-elms-vietnam-return-1970/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1970, “Servicemen's News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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