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Wall of Honor Level: Air and Space Friend
Honored by:
Mr. Walter L. Matlack Jr.
1946 - First A/C ride - J3 Cub
3-7-51: Entered pre-flight, NAS, Pensacola FL
Oct ’51: Commissioned 2nd Lt., USMCR, designated Naval Aviator. Assigned to Marine Air Group #11. MCAS, Edenton NC, VMF 224.
June ’53 to Dec ’54: MAG 11 transferred to NAS Atsugi, Japan. TDY K3, Korea; Kadena; Misawa; Niigata; Chitosi. Discharged 1-5-’55.
3-7-55; Joined United Airlines as pilot and flight engineer. Started as DC-3 copilot and retired as DC10 Captain in 1988. Also flew DC6, 7; CV340; B727; B737. Based SFO, then EWR.
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