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  • Foil: 14 Panel: Retired United Pilots Association Column: 4 Line: 54

    Wall of Honor Level:
    Air and Space Friend

    Honored by:

    United Airlines Captain, 34 years (1955-1989). Flew DC-6, DC-7, DC-8, DC-10, Convair 340, Viscount
    USAF and N.Y. Air National Guard Captain, 6 years (1951-1957). Flew T-6, B-25, B-26, B-29, B-50, KC-97. Ten (10) combat missions, Korean War from Yakota AFB, Japan, flying B-29. Awarded Presidential Unit Citation, Korean Service Medal, UN Service Medal, Air Medal, National Defense Service Medal.
    Strategic Air Command (SAC) 2 years 1953-1955 with the 509th Bomb Wing (Hiroshima/Nagasaki history) Special Weapons (nuclear) schooling.

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