My brother Ray is truly one of our unsung heroes starting his military career in Sep. 1943, and Cadet training in Oct. 1947. He was in the Cadet Class 1948-c with student officers of the West Point Class of 47 (such as Doc Blanchard and Brent Scowcroft) Korean War Combat with 104 missions. Operation "SUNRUN" setting new official transcontinental speed records. Winning the USAF "Karl Polifka" Reconnaissance Trophy during "William Tell". Detachment Commander of the RF-101 unit during the Lebanon Crisis. Assistant Deputy Commander for Operations of the A-12 OXCART Program pioneering Mach 3 flight. Vice Commander of the 432nd combat wing in South East Asia flying 120 combat missions during the Linebackers. USAF Deputy Director for Operations support supervising five active Divisions. Accumulated over 5000 hours in jet aircraft including over 500 Combat hours without an accident.
Awards and Decorations:
Legion of Merit With /I Oak Leaf Cluster; Distinguished Flying Cross W/2 OLCs; Bronze Star Metal; Air Metal W/17 OLCs; Air Force Commendation Metal W/2 OLCs; Presidential Unit Citation; AF Outstanding Unit Award W/1 BSS and a Bronze V; Good Conduct Metal; American Campaign Metal; World War II Victory Metal; National Defense Service Medal W/1 BSS; Korean Service Metal W/5 BSS; Armed Forces Expeditionary Metal W/2 BSS; Vietnam Service Medal W/2 BSS; Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Medal; Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation; United Nations Service Medal; Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross W/Palm Unit Citation; the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Korean War Service Medal.
For My Brother My Mentor.
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Sam