Atlanta Daily World

Two Howard Univ. Air Force
Units Enter Festival Drill

WASHINGTON, DC
Two marching units from the Air Force
Reserve Officers Training Corps at
Howard University will compete
with some 20 other colleges and universities
in the first National ROTC
Drill Competition at the Washington
Monument Grounds Tuesday
March 29th at 10 a.m.

The competition is being sponsored
by the Washington Board
of Trade as part of the annual Cherry
Blossom Festival.

Other area schools entered in the
competition include Catholic University,
Georgetown University,
George Washington University, and
Maryland University.

Tuesday's drill will comprise
competitions in two categories. They
are a flight (platoon) division, consisting
of not more than 33 men,
and a drill team division consisting
of not more than 23 men.

In the flight competition Howard
will be represented by Flight "A" of
the 99th Air Force ROTC Squadron.
The unit is commanded by Cadet
Major James L. Parkee, of 67 S.
Grove Street, East Orange, N.J.

The Andrew Turner Memorial
Drill Team, named for the late Major
Turner who was an Air Force
officer and a Howard graduate, will
represent the University in the drill
team competition. The unit is commanded
by Cadet Lieutenant Renaldo Jensen,
of 1337 Clinton Avenue,
Bronx, N.Y.