Show sixth army gains th recruit to ray A stull of stockton calif fell the honor here of being the th man recruited by the sixth army which has jurisdiction over the eight western states of arizona california idaho montana nevada oregon utah and washington stull who enlisted for three years in the army air forces was sworn in by col al M L II mccreary cCreary recruiting officer of the sixth army area while thousands of le gionna ires gathered in san francisco gave their approval the impressive ceremony was a sober note for the legionnaires who are gathered from all parts of the country for their national convention and typified their belief in the necessity for a strong national defense enlistment was sponsored by the stockton post of the american legion he was selected as the one hundred thousandth en lastee from a group of 12 i men who were sworn in at the legion convention at this time the entire group of 12 were american legion sponsored and represent the finest young men in the country the lucky recruit is the son of harry and violet stull of stockton and a member of the 1940 graduating class of stockton high school the recruits father is a ceramic engineer and plant superintendent of the laureal pottery company in stockton california |