Carl V. Spencer Transcontinental Bicycle Tour papers, 1974-1975.
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United States. Marine Corps
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The U.S. Marine Corps was established on November 10, 1775. From the description of Papers, 1933-1945. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 754107146 The history of the Marine Corps Navajo Code Talkers dates from 1942-1945. In 1942, a white man by the name of Phillip Johnston, who had lived on a Navajo reservation for many years of his life, conceived an idea that he thought might help the war. He believed that the Navajo language, a verbal, rarely-written language, coul...
Spencer, Carl V.
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Carl V. Spencer won his first bicycle championship in 1935 and he continued to win championships until he joined the Marines in 1941. He was assigned to the Navy Pier in Chicago as an aircraft mechanic, but he used his weekend bike riding as a recruiting tool. He was discharged in 1943 due to a chronic illness. He worked as a hotel clerk until he got a job with the American Perforator Company, which he soon came to own. In 1975 he rode across the United States from New York to San Diego in order...
