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Show Gerald L Ericksen Appointed First Lieutenant In The Army Chaplains' Corps Gerald L. Ericksen, who is stationed sta-tioned at Gilroy, California with the Special Training Battalion, 125th Infantry received word last Wednesday from the War Department De-partment that on Feb. 13 of this year he was appointed a First Lieutenant in the Chaplains' Corps. He will remain at his post in Gilroy until March 1st, when he will leave for Harvard University at Cambridge, Massachusetts Mas-sachusetts where a short orientation orienta-tion course for chaplains is given. After the course is finished, he will be- assigned to one of the oganizations "somewhere in the world." Lieutenant Ericksen was inducted in-ducted into the service March 14, 1942 at Fort Douglas, and received re-ceived his basic training at Santa Barbara, California. After eight weeks of training he was transferred trans-ferred to the 125th Infantry Band which organization was stationed at Gilroy, California. He remained re-mained with the band for a period peri-od of four months, and then transferred to the office of the chaplain where he has been working for the past six months as assistant to the chaplain. This new position will undoubtedly un-doubtedly bring Lieutenant Ericksen Er-icksen many varied and invaluable invalu-able experiences, and will give him opportunity to be of service j to the men of the armed forces. |