Bob Mathias to Report to Marine Base July 15, Daily Racing Form, 1954-06-26

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Bob Math ias to Report To Marine Base July 15 LOS ANGELES, Calif., June 25 UP. . Bob Mathias, two-time Olympic Decathlon champion, left today for Quantico, Va to enter the Marine Corps as Second Lieutenant for a two-year tour of duty. He left by automobile with his wife Mel-ba, with whom he just finished starring in the film, "The. Bob Mathias Story," for Allied Artists. j He was scheduled to stop at Atlantic City, N. J., to crown the winner of the National Decathlon championships. He will report to the Marine base at Quantico July 15.


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