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Show Assigned As f Trainee in UMT Mf ; ; ; i Ft. Knox, Kentucky Private ; Delynn H. Bardull, son of Mr. and ?t 1 ,es Mrs. U. Bardull, has been assigned , , as a trainee in the third cycle of vj the Universal Military Training Ex- '1 Sjj periment Unit. After preliminary ' -' processing, he has arrived at Ft. , Knox to receive six months train- 1 . j, ing in the Army Ground Forces' It t model UMT battalion which has , f I sit brought about nationwide comment ' 1 U since its inauguration. f li Prior to enlisting in the regular J' Ug Army on December 1st, at Fort no Douglas, Private Barkdull attended Delta High School where he was 1! - active in football. This unit, to which Trainee Bark- ,.J dull has been assigned, was established estab-lished with Regular Army person- j I nel with the intent of finding the ( best methods to train 18-year-old I boys in the event that t"he Univer- sal Military Training program be- I j comes a law. The proposed pro- '1 J gram, combining civilian and mili- l ! ( tary methods, marks a departure I from wartime training in that it V places emphasis on raising the mor- l' 1 al, physical, and mental fibre of J. j ithe young men participating. I ' ' |