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  • Major Alvie Gene Chastain
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    Wall of Honor Level:
    Air and Space Friend

    Honored by:

    Flew as Pilot in the first major airlift campaign, known as the China-Burma-India “Hump” flights of World War II. (U.S. Air Transport Command)
    Flew as Pilot on the first scheduled airline to circle the globe, known as the “Globester.” (U.S. military Air Transport Service)
    Served as Officer-In-Charge of the U.S. Air Forces’ first Flight Simulator training program, featuring the B-50D 4-engine bomber. (U.S. Strategic Air Command)
    Served as a member of General George S. Patton, Jr.’s famous “Hell on Wheels” 2nd Armored Division, during early part of WWII.

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