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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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U.S. Army PFC Robert Oksoktaruk from Nome, Alaska, participated in Exercise Sabre Knot, a winter combat readiness training in Germany involving 30,000 troops, which ended Dec. 8, 1961. He serves as a gas-pump operator with the 92nd Transportation Co. in Giessen.
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U.S. FORCES, Germany - Army PFC Robert Oksoktaruk, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Oksoktaruk, Nome, participated with other members of the 92nd Transportation Co. in Exercise Sabre Knot in Germany. The training ended Dec. 8.
The field training maneuver, was designed to test winter combat readiness, involved approximately 30,000 troops.
Oksoktaruk is assigned as a gas-pump operator in the company in Giessen. He entered the Army in March 1961, completed basic training at Fort Ord, Calif., and arrived overseas in August 1961.
The 18-year-old soldier attended Nome High School.
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Ended Dec. 8, 1961
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Army PFC Robert Oksoktaruk, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Oksoktaruk of Nome, participated with the 92nd Transportation Co. in Exercise Sabre Knot in Germany. The field training maneuver tested winter combat readiness and involved approximately 30,000 troops. Oksoktaruk is assigned as a gas-pump operator in the company in Giessen. He entered the Army in March 1961, completed basic training at Fort Ord, Calif., arrived overseas in August 1961, and attended Nome High School.