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Note: WWll ENTERED NAVY UNDERAGED SERVED ON USS HORNET, WAS ASSIGNED TO ARIZONA,ORIGINALY WAS HOME ON LEAVE WHEN SUNK. HAD COUSIN ABOARD. ALSO ASSIGNED USS ENTERPRISE. BETWEEN WARS WAS DEMOBBED IN 1946 SPENT SHORT PERIOD AS CIVILIAN THEN JOINED COAST GUARD. JOINED USAF AT ITS INCEPTION. TRAINED AS NAVIGATOR KOREA- SERVED IN ALASKA RECEIVED PURPLE HEART AND SILVER STAR. INJURED R ARM CAUSE UNKNOWN. SAID IT W AS IN AMBLANCE ACCIDENT. FATHER WAS NAVIGATOR . MOM TOLD ME HE HAD CRASHED IN ALASKA AND CARRIED BUDDY TO SAFTEY. THAT WAS REASON FOR DEC. VIETNAN; SERVED IN SIDI SLIMANE MOROCCO. SET UP 7TH FLEET COMMUNICATION FOR ALL OF SOUTH EAST ASIA. MADE MANY TRIPS TO NAM. BETWEEN 1960 AND 63. STATIONED TORREJON AFB, MADRID,SPAIN 1965-69 NAPLES, ITALY @@ AVALINNO 1969-71 INSILIK,TURKEY 1971-73 NEB. 1973 HOSP. TEX 1973 SACRAMENTO,CALIF AFB-1974-76 RETIRED 1976 AVID GOLFER
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