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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

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Born June 25, 1923 in Camden, Alabama; completed school there in 1940. Entered Auburn University, enlisted in US Army Reserve for Advanced ROTC at Auburn. Inducted to active duty Apr '43. Entered Field Artillery School at Ft. Sill, OK, July 1943; Commissioned as 2nd Lt., Field Artillery, in Nov '43. Schools and assignments follow:

398th Armored Field Artillery Bn, Camp Polk, LA;
275th AFA Bn, Europe;
Army Aviator Training, Ft. Sill, OK '45-'46;
Army Aviator, 2nd Infantry Regt., Camp Campbell, KY;
US Army Reserve, December 1946: Army Aviator, 343 FA Bn, 90th Inf. Div, USAR; XO, 300th Army Aviation Company, Ft. Worth, Texas;
Mobilization Designee, US Continental Army Command, Ft. Monroe, VA;
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, and US Army Aviation Systems Command at St. Louis, MO.
Colonel, Field Artillery, US Army Retired Reserve, '74.

Completed Schools: FA OCS, Ft. Sill, OK; FA Officers' Adv. Course '62; US Army Command and General Staff College, '68, 4150th Dallas USAR School; Commandant's List at Ft. Leavenworth; Industrial College of the Armed Forces (Ft. Worth USAR School); Awarded "Outstanding Student" of 4150th Fort Worth USAR School, '67-'68; USAR Logistics Management Course at Ft. Lee, VA, June 1974

Retired Reserve 31 Oct '74, Colonel, USAR.

Awards: Silver Star and Air Medal and Pres. Unit Citation Apr '45; Meritorious Service Medal Oct '74; Field Artillery OCS Hall of Fame, 1997.

Industry/Career: Graduate, Auburn University, Aug '47 BS Aeronautical Engineering. Employed as Flight Test Engineer Consolidated Aircraft Co., Sept '47 - Apr '93. (The company later became Convair, General Dynamics, Lockheed). 45 years, Flight Test Engineering, with assignments in B-36, B-58, F-111, and F-16 flight test programs.

Completed TCU Exec Devi Mgt of Aerospace Business. His assignments included "Base Manager" for off-site flight test programs at Eglin AFB, FL; Edwards AFB, CA; Kirtland AFB, NM. Assigned to teams demonstrating the F-16 in Europe, Canada, Australia, and the USA. Retired as Engineering Program Mgr., Flight Test Dept. 1993. Flight Testing experience included 600 flight hours aboard B-36 flight test aircraft. Military flight status, Army Aviator '45 to '74.