75 years ago

Jan. 16, 1942

• Twelve more men are needed to bring company K Grays Harbor’s state guard unit, to its full strength of 176 men, Captain George Magee, company commander, said today.

Anyone between the ages of 18 and 55 is eligible for duty and guardsmen may be from any part of Grays Harbor county, provided they are able to attend drills two night a week.

• More than 700 people were on hand last night as Aberdeen Elks observed their annual “Ladies Night” with an open meeting, vaudeville program, buffet luncheon and dancing staged for visiting wives and lady friends.

50 years ago

Jan. 16, 1967

Pfc. Kenneth Brown is a 20-year-old Hoquiam soldier who left Fort Lewis in September with the 4th Division for duty in Vietnam. He has been writing a series of articles for The World.

“ Dateline: Bolo Woods, Vietnam. The days and nights seem endless as the never-ending search for the Viet Cong continues.

“The pattern has been practically the same on every occasion we’ve been hit. First the V.C. hit us and then crawl into their tunnels and get away from us.

“I’ve never run across such ingenious people in all my life. These people build their bunkers with only about 8 inches of it above ground level. They are all very well fortified and camouflaged with only a 4-inch opening. It is my belief that the V.C. do not aim at a specific target from these bunkers but spray the area approximately 8 inches above the ground from the direction they hear noises. The most common casualties we’ve had are leg wounds.

“I sometimes wonder if this war is necessary, and then I think about all the comforts of home, and I know it is.

“PFC. Kenn Brown”

25 years ago

Jan. 16, 1992

Government and business leaders on Grays Harbor greeted Congressman Norm Dicks like a rich uncle Wednesday. The eight-term Bremerton Democrat spent the day in Aberdeen as part of an Olympic Peninsula tour of his newly redrawn 6th District.

After a luncheon at the Nordic Inn attended by about 120 business and civic leaders, Dicks went into a series of meetings, briefings and receptions with Port of Grays Harbor officials, business leaders from the Chamber of Commerce, the editorial board of The Daily World, labor leaders, the Aberdeen City Council and political supporters.

His message: “I’ll be there when you need me.”

Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom