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Show Pvt. R.C. Watson completes training I Marine Pvt. Richard C.Watson, son of Roy A. and Doril Watson of Pleasant Grove, has : completed the Basic Assault Amphibian : Crewman's Course. ; The seven-week skill i training at the Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, Calif., was , designed to prepare him I for assignment to a I Marine assault am- phibian unit, i Assault amphibian vehicles are used to transport troops and supplies both from ship toi beachhead and during subsequent operations ashore. He received instruction in-struction on the vehicles capabilities and operating characteristics; charac-teristics; participated in land and water driving exercises; and studied operator-level maintenance procedures. |