Bio: Bogdonovich, Dennis - PFC (INDIAN RIVER II – 1964)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Bogdonovich

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.) 30 Jul 1964

Fort Riley, Kansas (AHTNC) – Army PFC Dennis P. Bogdonovich, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter P. Bogdonovich, Willard (Clark Co.), Wisconsin, and other members of the 1st Infantry Division are participating in joint Army-Air Force Exercise INDIAN River II, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, ending August 2, 1964.

INDIAN RIVER II is the second in a series of three exercises to be conducted by the USAF Tactical Air Warfare Center at Eglin Air Forece Base, in preparation for later joint testing and evaluation by the Commander in Chief, U.S. Strike Command of USAF proposals for using avaiation eo enhance combat effectiveness of Army units.

Bogdonovich, a mechanic in Company C of the division's 1st Engineer Battalion at Fort Riley, Kansas, entered the Army in October 1963 and completed basic combat training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.

The 19-year old soldier is a 1963 graduate of Greenwood High School.