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  • Richard T. Kobayashi USN
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    Wall of Honor Level:
    Air and Space Friend

    Honored by:

    October 1953: Enlisted in Naval Aviation Cadet Program
    March 1954: Entered Pre-Flight Class 9-54, Pensacola, Florida
    July 1955: Designated Naval Aviator
    August 1955 – February 1957: Flight Instructor, NAS Kingsville, Texas
    February 1957 – December 1958: Pilot in Attack Squadron 115
    1958: WestPac Cruise, USS Shangri-La, CVA 38
    1959-1967: Naval Reserve Flying Duty
    November 1972: Honorable Discharge from U.S. Navy
    December 1959: Employed by United Air Lines, flying DC 6/7, DC-8s, DC-10s, B-727s, and B-747 aircraft
    Domiciled at Chicago, Denver and San Francisco
    Retired from UAL February 1, 1994.

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