DR AHEADTHE AIR FORCE NAVIGATORS OBSERVERS ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER

VOL 35, NUMBER 4 LITTLE RIVER, CALIFORNIA OCTOBER 2019

NOTAM - DEATHS and CHANGES OF PERSONAL INFOReport address, cell/land line number, and e-mail changes to: AFNOA, 4109 Timberlane, Enid, OK 73703-2825;or to jfaulkner39@suddenlink.net; or call 580-242-0526.

The T-6A Texan II is used by the USAF for basic pilot training and for Combat Systems Officer training, the United States Navyand United States Marine Corps for primary and intermediate Naval Flight Officer (NFO) training. Wikimedia permission.

REUNION MINI-SUMMARYby Jim Faulkner, James Connally 64-04

There were several changes as a result of the AFNOAmembership meeting.1. The Life Dues program has been changed.

A. There is no change to current LIFE 80 and overmembership; it is still $35.00

B. Renewals and new memberships, if age 79 andunder, have two options:(a) Annual renewal for $15.00, or(b) Four-year renewal for $50.00.

C. LIFE Membership, if age 79 or under, is no longeravailable for renewals or for new members.

2. Association Longevity.AFNOA will need volunteers to replace some boardmembers in 2021. If new leadership is not availablewe may be forced to decommission AFNOA by 2023.

3. Treasurer change.Leonard Melcher was elected as the new Treasurer,(address on rear cover) replacing Dennis Ehrenbergerwho served for the past six years.

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GEN CABELL SPEAKS AT NAVAL AVIATION MUSEUMby 2d Lt Jennifer Frazee

On Wednesday, July 5th, at the Naval Aviation Mu-seum in Pensacola, Florida, the 479 Flying Training Group(FTG) hosted guest speaker Charles P. Cabell Jr., Briga-dier General (Retired) USAF.

Nearly 200 students, instructors and staff were in at-tendance on the rainy morning to hear the stories of hero-ism and courage starting with General Charles P. Cabell,father of speaker General Charles P. Cabell Jr.

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DR AHEAD is the official publication of the Air Force Naviga-tors Observers Association; a non-profit, non-political organi-zation dedicated to maintaining the peace and security of theUnited States of America and a spirit of comradeship amongall Aerial or Surface Navigators, Observers and Bombardierswho are serving or have served in the U.S. Air Force or itspredecessors, The United States Marine Corps, The UnitedStates Navy, The United States Army, The United States CoastGuard, or any of the predecessor organizations of these ser-vice organizations, or persons closely affiliated with naviga-tion in any capacity on a case-by-case basis. TENOA, theforerunner of AFNOA, was organized by Clarke Lampard,Ellington Class 50-D, in 1985.

DR AHEAD is published by AFNOA, Inc., 6441 Avenida DeGalvez, Navarre, Florida 32566-8911. Presorted 3rd classpostage is paid at Fort Walton Beach, Florida.

MANUSCRIPTS are welcomed, especially by E-mail (address:RNNN@mcn.org) or by submittal to the editor on data CDs,IBM-compatible formats only please. All submissions mustbe signed and must include the address of the contributor; noanonymous material will be printed; however, names will bewithheld on request. The editor reserves the right to edit sub-mitted articles for reasons of taste, clarity, legal liability, orlength. The comments and views herein represent the viewsof the editor and are not necessarily those of AFNOA, Inc.Deadline for the next issue is 15 November 2019.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Reunion Mini-Summary, by Jim Faulkner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1General Cabell Speaks at Naval Aviation Museum, by 2d Lt Jennifer Frazee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Membership Application Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Historian's Report, by Ron Barrett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3My Gooney Christmas, by Bill Wilkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Black Day for B-52s, by Don Wadkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Pink 3 in the South China Sea, by James Quigley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5A Trip to Italy, by Sherret S.Chase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6B1 WSO, by Major Tiffany Bares and Col John Edwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Aviation Humor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Memoirs of a Trash Hauler, by Henri L. Bailey III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Last Flights, by Jim Faulkner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12The AFNOA Board & Operating Committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

If you are currently a member, GREAT! Please considera donation to the operating account. If you are not acurrent member, please consider joining and giving adonation to the organization. Thank you.

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The Stanley Company B-58 Crew Emergency Escape Pod, nextto a B-58 aircraft, at the National Museum of the USAF at Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio. Photo by Ron Barrett.

HISTORIAN'S REPORTby Ron Barrett, James Connally 63-06

It is slowly becoming obvious that AFNOA, along withits aging membership, may be coming to its inevitable end.What that means to those of us who are proud of our his-tory is that we need to act now if we want our navigatorhistory to be saved for future generations. So, to preserveour navigator history, please act now. Document the sub-jects and then donate your photographs, color slides, uniquepamphlets, working booklets, and personal logs. Sendthem to me as historian. Also post your photos on theAFNOA-related web sites: http://james-connally.org andwww.usaf-nav-history.com. I will catalog the materialsand then supply them to those museums who wish to usethe items.

I show here a picture of the B-58 Stanley Company,Crew Emergency Escape Pod. The details of this uniqueB-58 Crew Emergency Escape Pod are in the Facebook“B-58 Hustler Appreciation Group.” There are many B-58photos there. Also, note that the B-58 section of YouTubeholds motion-pictures and videos.

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MY GOONEY CHRISTMASby Bill Wilkins, Ellington 52-09

In 1954, I was a member of a Military Air TransportService (MATS) group flying C-54s out of Kelly Air ForceBase. For months, our missions had been mostly to Eu-rope, North Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America.Then Dien Bien Phu happened, and we started going toTokyo.

The route was Kelly, Travis, Hickam, Wake Island,Tokyo, Midway Island, Hickam, Travis, and Kelly. A crewwas staged at every stop. In theory, the airplanes keptgoing after minimum ground time before departing with anew, rested crew. The trip took about 80 hours of flyingtime and about nine or ten days.

My Thanksgiving dinner that year, 1954, was a hotdog on Waikiki Beach. Then about 15 December, it wastime to go again. The crew for this trip was the lowest-ranking group I ever flew with in MATS. The pilot and Iwere first lieutenants, the copilot was a second lieutenant,the crew chief was a staff sergeant, the radio operator asergeant, and the loadmaster was a corporal. It was alsoprobably the youngest crew that I was ever with. I was 23.

We reached Midway about December 21 and beganour crew rest. Midway in those days was a Navy station,and nesting gooney birds—albatrosses, not C-47s—wereeverywhere. A short walk from the VOQ to the officers’mess took us along one street and around a corner for afew more steps. Just a foot or so off the pavement at thatcorner, a gooney bird nested.

After breakfast the next morning, we checked on theETA of our next airplane and discovered it was not en route.That began a routine. As we walked from quarters to thechow hall and back, I would pause and admire that gooneybird. About the third or fourth time I passed it, I tried to petits head and got a very defensive reaction.

Another day and night went by. Still no incoming plane.More approaches to the bird. Yet another day, and welearned our stream of aircraft and crews had somehowbeen delayed at places like San Antonio (Kelly), San Fran-cisco (Travis), Honolulu (Hickam), and Tokyo. Maybe rankdid have its privileges. Even though they could go swim-ming in the lagoon, I didn’t envy the crew stuck on WakeIsland.

By Christmas, the gooney bird and I were good friends,and she/he didn’t mind being petted. The Navy served agood Christmas dinner, and late on the next day, our air-plane arrived. We mounted up and tried to move to Hickam.But that’s another story.

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Brigadier General Charles P. Cabell, Jr. speaks at the Naval Aviation Museum on 5 July. Photo by 2d Lt Jennifer Frazee.

BLACK DAY FOR B-52Sby Don Wadkins, James Connally 64-10

For more than a decade, during most of the Cold War,the elite flyers of the Air Force had been the crew mem-bers of the bombers of the Strategic Air Command. Theywere the protectors of peace, they got the glory and hadthe spot promotions. But Vietnam changed that. TheTactical Air Command and Navy fighter bombers werethought to be the most appropriate air weapons. And KC-135 tankers, long bridesmaids to B-52 bombers, were usedto refuel the fighters. The B-52s continued to sit on alertfor years while the war passed them by. Finally, our topcommanders reached a decision that the saturation bomb-ing, which could be made by the super bombers, couldchange the course of the war. Two squadrons of B-52swere deployed to Guam, their planes now modified to carryconventional bombs or nuclear weapons. PresidentJohnson made the decision to send in the first team.

I was in Okinawa on the fateful day when thirty B-52sflew their first bombing run into Vietnam. It became asomber fiasco. The bombers took off from Anderson AirBase in Guam and flew for several hours before they werescheduled to rendezvous with the tankers coming down

Continued from page 1Cabell Sr. left behind an incredible legacy—as shared

by his son—and an impressive military history, includingassisting with the planning of D-Day.

After graduating from West Point, Cabell Sr. beganhis service as an artillery lieutenant until he transferred tothe Air Corps in 1931 and earned his pilot wings. CabellSr. taught himself how to fly a B-17 one weekend andended up saving his crew during one of his first flying mis-sions over Germany. He was in position behind the pilotwhen disaster struck with an oxygen issue in flight. Thenavigator and gunner had already passed out from hypoxia,and the pilot was suffering from an altered state of mind asa result of the lack of oxygen. Cabell Sr. remained calmand used the skills he had acquired teaching himself to flythe B-17, and was able to direct the pilot which levers topull and buttons to press in order to get them safely intofriendly territory and back onto the ground.

WWII pilots faced an additional challenge; fuel wasrationed causing the pilots to change how they flew in or-der to be as effective with the fuel they were issued. Theirworkaround was to fly until close to flame out, land, shutdown the engines and get towed back to park in order tosave as much fuel as possible.

This story is just one example of General Cabell’s con-sistent excellence, which contributed to his being assignedas the Chief to “Hap” Arnold’s Advisory Council at the Pen-tagon. He spent weeks planning strategic bombing mis-sions targeting German oil to cripple their ability to re-cover, which was critical to the success of the NormandyInvasion.

In 1962, after 37 years of active duty service, GeneralCabell Sr. retired. He passed away in 1971, and is buriedat Arlington National Cemetery. His son Charles P. CabellJr. has an extensive military history of his own, and nowshares both of their stories as an author and keynotespeaker.

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B-52 refueling over the South China Sea. Photograph by Don Wadkins.

from Okinawa. The bombers were in three ship cells,stacked 500 feet, and trailing by one mile. Each cell hada five mile separation. The bombers and tankers were tomeet just north of the island of Luzon in the Philippines.

After sitting on alert for years and years, the first timeSAC's elite force of bombers went off to war, they ran intoeach other in the sky.

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classmate, Jim Quigley, more than fifty years later. I hadthought that Quigley was killed in the accident for at leasttwenty of those years.

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PINK 3 IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEAJames Quigley, James Connally 64-10

The weather for the rendezvous with the tankers wasstormy, the aftermath of a cyclone. Radio silence wasordered for all aircraft and the tankers were to locate thebombers with their radars. Two parallel refueling trackswere designated, separated by fifteen nautical miles, thebest I remember, and the bomber cells separated into theirassigned tracks. To insure proper timing for nuclear op-erations, the bombers could make a complete three hun-dred sixty degree circle if they were more than six or eightminutes early. This was not the case for this mission, but

was not briefed before launch. Our orders were to followthe leading cell for our refueling track.

However, the commander of one cell of B-52s on theright track, realizing they were very early to the refuelingcontrol point, executed the timing maneuver. The thunderstorms at the refueling altitude must have caused the righttrack to be off course and winds aloft made the 360 degreeturn wider than normal. As a consequence the turningcell, seen on my radar and mistaken for our three tankers,heading nearly directly toward us and thus making a verypoor rendezvous, flew though my three ship cell on the lefttrack. My aircraft commander saw them just in time toclimb and witnessed a head-on midair collision with ournumber two bomber, we being number three in the cell.We still believed the collision was with a tanker.

Our crew all heard the emergency beacons of the crewmembers who successfully ejected. Surprised and con-fused a bit, we soon saw a tanker appear right in front ofus. We refueled and continued the mission, now down tofive good engines. You can imagine what that debriefingentailed and this is when we realized we lost a crew fromour bomber squadron. Later we found out that all whoejected were found, but my neighbor had died while on hissurvival raft. Another neighbor was rescued by a USN sub-marine. Not every one who was on the two bombers wasable to eject and some were lost.

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Lt Sherret S. Chase, 1942. Photo provided by Helen Chase.

A TRIP TO ITALYby Sherret S. Chase, Hondo 43-14

My crew formed while at Davis-Monthan Field. We were very fortunate because we all liked each other from the start. We continued on to Chatham Field for further training in formation flying and then up to Mitchel Field on Long Island. We picked up a new B-24 and left for over-seas from Mitchel Field.

The crew got together one morning, went out to our airplane, ready to take off for Florida, South America, Af-rica, and we didn’t know where from there. Lo and behold, gasoline was leaking out of the wing tank of the airplane. Somebody out on the base thought maybe one of our crew had sabotaged it, but it was obvious that that wasn’t a possibility. Anyhow, our plane had to be fixed. It took another few days. When the plane was ready we headed south along the Atlantic Coast down to Florida. We stopped at West Palm Beach to receive additional supplies and some gear for the tropics. We didn’t know where we were going in the world. We thought maybe we were going to India, but we didn’t know. We flew down the string of is-lands—they were beautiful—to Trinidad.

We spent a night in Trinidad and then flew down the coast of South America across the corner of Venezuela and then by the three Guineas: Guyana, Suriname, and Guyane (French Guiana) on down to the mouth of the

Amazon River, and across it to the small city of Belem, aport on the Amazon. At Belem, I remember particularlythe dining hall and the numbers of exotic fruits that theyhad for us to eat, but we’d also been warned not to eat alot of exotic fruit because it might upset our stomachs.We had the temptation, but also a warning.

On the flight down from New York, we’d had our firsttaste of the consequences of war. Along the Atlantic coastwe saw freighters that had been torpedoed by the Ger-mans and run ashore. When we got down to the SouthAmerican coast, there were many more ships that hadbeen torpedoed. These were mostly ore vessels that werebringing bauxite—aluminum ore—north. We were at Belema couple of days and then we headed across the Atlantic.Belem is just a few miles south of the equator and ourroute to Africa pretty much followed the equatorial path.

Our destination in Africa was Dakar in Senegal. Wewent across as a single plane, and I forget how many hoursit took—something like 14 hours. As navigator I was theonly one who was awake the whole way. I remember justto keep myself amused, I did a rather complicated celes-tial fix, called a noonday fix, and I won’t go into the detailsof how you do that but it worked quite well, because whenwe came on the African shore, we were two miles south ofDakar. I had wanted to be south of Dakar, not aiming rightat Dakar, because on a long flight, if you have a target andsome uncertainty, you like to know whether you are rightor left of the target. In this case, we were on the right andcould turn north, up the coast to Dakar.

When we were there, we were advised that our nextflight would be north across Mauritania and that that was avery dangerous part of the route for us. Then we wereflying north up to Marrakech in Morocco, over the AtlasMountains. The danger was that, if we had an engineproblem in the first third of that trip, we would land in Arabtribal areas, where there were very ruthless people. Wehad no trouble. I enjoyed flying over the Atlas Mountains.They’re not huge mountains, but they’re very interestingones. One of the things I remember seeing on the moun-tain slopes was a series of holes along a line that lookedkind of like wells. There were other holes that looked likewells in another line and the two lines would often crossand went to different places. I finally found out later thatthese were underground aqueducts that brought the waterfrom the high mountains down to the agricultural fields andthey could cross because the tunnels could be dug atdifferent depths.

We quartered in tents in the orchard of the king, in avery exotic part of the world. We were closer to the ArabMarrakech than the French Marrakech. At night we triedto go into the old city and bribed somebody to open agate, a back gate, and we went in and wandered aroundand it was absolutely medieval.

Then from Marrakech we flew along the Mediterranean

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Rear row left to right: Shorty Long (engineer and waist gunner), (Unk) Layerl (assistant radio and waist gunner), (Unk) Doty(assistant engineer and nose gunner), Guy Marsh (radio operator and top turret gunner), (Unk) Aleukas (tail gunner). Frontrow left to right: Archie Fortson (bombardier), Sherry Chase (navigator), Bill Sutton (co-pilot), Dan Hostetler (pilot).

The pilot was Daniel Boone Hostetler (related to Daniel Boone of pioneer lore). We thank his son Ronald Boone Hostetler,of Canby, Oregon, who provided this (and additional) photos.

coast. We went from Marrakech up to Oran (Ouahran) andthen over to Algiers. In Algiers, Archie Fortson, our bom-bardier, was beaten one night, coming back to camp. Hisshoes were stolen from him and he was bruised but okay.We were delayed several days also while Archie recoveredfrom a case of mumps.

We flew along the coast to an airport out in the desertnear Tunis and, after a day or so there, we got instructionsto fly up to Italy. A number of planes of our group hadaccumulated in the Tunis area, preparing to fly to Italy.The day we were instructed to go north and east, therewas bad weather. There was a front that stretched acrossthe base of Italy. It extended, as kind of a wall of clouds,all the way to the Yugoslav coast. Our destination was anewly created airfield near the small town of Spinazzolanear Bari. When we got up to the front and saw how badthe weather was, we flew back and forth to see whether wecould go through safely. Pilot Hostetler and I decided itwas not safe and we had better go back to Tunis and wedid. When we got back there, our commanding officer

reprimanded us, but there was little he could do. Wefound later that on that day two planes of our group hadflown into mountains, killing twenty-eight men, eight ofwhom were the men who would have been responsible forthe upkeep of our airplanes—the key people, key engi-neers. Of the rest of the planes that had tried to get in thatday, I think one or two made it to the new field. The otherplanes landed in Sicily and various other places that wereunder Allied control.

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B-1B Bomber flying over the mountains in Northern Afghanistan.USAF Photo provided by the authors.

B-1B Bomber Defensive Officers Station. USAF Photo provided by the authors.

B-1 WSOby Major Tiffany Baresand Col John Edwards

Flying 540 knots at 500 feet off the ground, in themountains, with a window so small it’s only good for deter-mining if it’s day or night, can be compared to riding yourfavorite high-speed rollercoaster with your eyes closed.Now, add in the tasks of identifying and navigating to atarget, protecting the aircraft from enemy threats, monitor-ing multiple radios, and monitoring aircraft systems ensur-ing you don’t impact a mountain... the list goes on; now

you can, somewhat, envision what it’s like to be a B-1Weapon Systems Officer (WSO). And guess what, that isjust an example of one of the many mission sets B-1WSOs must be proficient in.

The first operational B-1B was delivered to Dyess AirForce Base, in Texas, in June 1985. The B-1B’s blendedwing/body configuration, variable-geometry wings, turbo-fan afterburner engines and large fuel capacity enable theaircraft to maneuver at low altitude and high speeds, over arelatively long duration, thereby enhancing its survivability.The B-1 carries the largest payload of conventional guided

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B-1B Weapon Systems Officer inspecting the Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod prior to a combat mission in the middle east.USAF Photo provided by the authors.

and unguided weapons in the United States Air Force in-ventory.

The B-1’s combat debut occurred during OperationDESERT FOX in December of 1998 over the skies of Iraq.It has since played a vital role in Operations ALLIEDFORCE over Kosovo in 1999, in response to the Septem-ber 2001 terrorist attacks over the skies of Afghanistanduring Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, IRAQI FREE-DOM in 2003. In 2014 the military began targeting theIslamic State of Iraq and Syria during Operation INHER-ENT RESOLVE, as well as Assurance and Deterrence Mis-sions around the globe. Most recently, the B-1 made his-tory when it fired 19 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles(JASSMs) as part of the strikes against the Barzeh Re-search and Development Center near Damascus Syria,earning accolades from President Donald Trump.

One of the B-1’s strengths lies in its crew composi-tion, which consists of four members, two pilots and twoWSOs. Crewmembers have their specific responsibilitiesin the aircraft; however, the B-1’s high-tech avionics suiteallows for outstanding task sharing and system

crosschecks, which greatly aid in target prosecution inthe most challenging threat environment. A few of the pi-lots’ primary roles include airspace and aircraft deconflictionand coordination, aircraft systems monitoring, and friendlyforce tracking. The B-1 WSOs are unique in the fact thatthey must remain qualified, and proficient, in both offen-sive and defensive systems operations. Every WSO istrained, and qualified, to fill the position of both OffensiveSystems Officer (OSO) and Defensive Systems Officer(DSO). WSOs usually rotate between the two positionsfrequently in order to keep up their skill levels.

OSOs are the experts in aircraft navigation, sensoroperation, and weapons employment. They do the major-ity of the mission planning: route development, weaponassignment, and timing control. The OSO’s primary re-sponsibilities inflight include aircraft navigation, targeting,and weapons release. When it comes to close air sup-port, the OSO also adds air-to-ground communications totheir list of tasks. They maintain communication with theJoint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) utilizing onboardsensors to find, fix, track, engage, and assess targets or

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A Joint terminal attack controller (JTAC), calling in a notional target during a training event in the Powder River TrainingComplex. This complex uses portions of Montana, Wyoming, and South Dakota. USAF Photo provided by the authors.

provide non-traditional surveillance and reconnaissance.The DSO is the electronic warfare specialist on the

jet. Their primary role is to defend the aircraft againstenemy threats (fighters or SAMs). The DSO fuses data toquickly identify and counter surface-to-air missiles, anti-aircraft artillery, and enemy aircraft. The DSO must beable to quickly assess the electronic battlefield in order toproperly defend the aircraft or provide an alternate route offlight in order to safely get to or from a target. On a goodday, the DSO would recognize a threat to the aircraft priorto getting into a dangerous situation, they would turn theaircraft away from the threat and then would communicatethe threat's location to both the crew as well as supportassets. Once the DSO determines that the threat hasbeen neutralized they would communicate that to the crew,who would then turn in to strike the intended target.

With the recent addition of the Integrated Battle Sta-tions and the return to the Central Command Area of Op-erations, the B-1 will continue to be a valuable combatasset in the Air Force’s inventory for years to come. TheSecretary of the Air Force, Heather Wilson, recently stated

“We will continue necessary B-1 and B-2 modifications tokeep them relevant until the B-21s come on line.” As aresult, both WSOs will be critical to effectively employingthe B-1 into the far future.

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AVIATION HUMOR - from the internetThe pilot was sitting in his seat and pulled out a .38

revolver. He placed it on top of the instrument panel, andthen asked the navigator, “Do you know what I use thisfor?”

The navigator replied timidly, “No, what’s it for?”The pilot responded, “I use this on navigators who get

me lost!”The navigator proceeded to pull out a .45 and place it

on his chart table.The pilot asked, “What’s that for?”“To be honest sir,” the navigator replied, “I’ll know we’re

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Memoirs of a Trash Hauler:Vignettes from the Vietnam War

by Henri L. Bailey, IIILieutenant Colonel, USAF (Retired)

Some of these vignettes have already been printed inDR AHEAD. The book has been published by AuthorHouse and is available three ways on-line at Amazon.

ISBN 978-1-5462-7947-1 (Hardcover) $23.99 ISBN 978-1-5462-7946-4 (Softcover) $13.99 ISBN 978-1-5462-7945-7 (e-book) $ 5.99

MEMOIRS OF A TRASH HAULERby Henri L. Bailey III

Did you ever wonder why Air Force Special OperationsCommand came into being? The many roles and missionsof tactical airlift blossomed and grew during the Vietnamconflict to such an extent that the Air Force later estab-lished an Air Force Special Operations Command to retainand use those skills. They were combined with skills de-veloped by Air Rescue and Recovery Service outside ofthe normal range of rescue. The remarkable capabilities ofthe Lockheed Hercules aircraft made much of it possible.Of course, the normal mission of moving cargo and peoplewas retained. But added to that were flare dispensing, as-sault landings and takeoffs, electronic surveillance, forwardair control, propaganda dispersion, personnel extractionand recovery, long-range air rescue, air refueling, gunships,helicopter landing pad establishment, and airdrops of bothcargo and people at low, normal, and high altitudes. Whilemany activities were accomplished before or after battles,there were occasions when the desperation of the needdictated landing or departure during a battle. This bookattempts to capture the essence of these many missions.

Henri L. Bailey, III was born in Washington, D.C. in1938.When he was 3½ years old, his family moved to Maywood,Illinois, where he was raised. He attended grade school inMaywood, high school on the west side of Chicago, andgraduated from Roosevelt University in downtown Chicago.He later added masters and doctoral degrees. Maywoodwas unique in that it lost an entire National Guard TankBattalion at Bataan in the Philippines during WWII. Therewere 13 Gold Star Mothers with a total of 27 Gold Stars onhis block. His home was located about half way betweenChicago Midway and Chicago O’Hare airports. Early on,he developed a love for aircraft and a desire to fly. Aftergraduation from Roosevelt, he pursued that desire. Sixand one-half years of his life are concerned with flying in orto Southeast Asia in the C-130A Hercules and the C-141AStarlifter aircraft. This book contains some of his mostsalient experiences during that time. Later in his career,he flew cold war missions in the F-4C and F-4E Phantomtactical fighter.

***Note: Author Henri L. Bailey, III is generously sharing theprofits from this book with AFNOA.

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NOTAM: Emergency ListOne of our members has told us that if something shouldhappen to him. . . he has left a listing of people to becontacted. Great planning! Suggest we all consider put-ting AFNOA on that listing.

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NOTAM: Electronic RosterWe no longer print and distribute an AFNOA roster. Elec-tronic copies are available in Microsoft Excel. E-mail JimFaulkner at jfaulkner39@suddenlink.net for a roster.

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LAST FLIGHTSby Jim Faulkner, James Connally 64-04

It is sad to see that AFNOA has lost so many of ourfellow aviators in 2019. We appreciate the many last flightsinputs from Harvey Casbarian (Ellington 57-18), GeorgeCrowl (James Connally 59-03), John Fradella (JamesConnally 66-17), John Massey (Ellington 54-19), Bill Wilkins(Ellington 52-09) and others. They advise us when a navi-gator/observer/bombardier/EWO or combat systems officerhas made their last flight.

Please keep the families of the lost in your prayers.The Last Flights reported this quarter are listed below.

CORAL GABLESBeckstrom, Kenneth M. Parker CO 41-CChaffin, Asberry W. Nashville TN 43-01Chapman, James J. Wyckoff NJ 43-01Gellman, Jack E. Miami FL 43-02Tash, Ralph Rancho Mirage CA 43-06Fredrickson, Loyd T. Oklahoma City OK 44-06Heppe, John E. Bryn Mawr PA 44-06Hontz, Mark R. Venice FL 44-06Hyde, Lewis R. Moores Hill IN 44-06Carlson, Harold R. Fircrest WA 44-09Battey, James F. Carlsbad CA 44-12

CHILDRESSHasse, Warren L. Pampa TX 43-15

Britton, Thomas Little River CA 44-02Crawford, Allen H. Flintstone GA 44-09

DEMINGDodge, Richard A. Gloucester MA 44-08

ELLINGTONGirardeau Jr., Willam M. Austin TX 41-00Hanrahan Jr., Henry H. King George VA 41-00Freedman, Leo L. Pasadena TX 42-00Veit, Leslie E. Fairless Hills PA 42-00Gordy Jr., E. Vaughn Pittsburgh PA 43-17Coleman, Frank H. San Antonio TX 44-01Bracchi, Vincent J. Fairborn OH 44-03Elic, William B. Overland Park KS 44-03Buehler, Carl D. Ogden UT 44-04Bunker, Walter S.G. Cincinnati OH 44-04Dunn, Harold C. Englewood FL 44-04Freeman, David J. Bellaire TX 44-04Cramer, Alfred F. Houston TX 44-05Drane Jr., Melvin E. Jacksonville FL 44-05Darnton Jr., Clarence E. St Louis MO 44-06Hooper, Thurston P. Houston TX 44-06Hyland Jr., James W. Maumee OH 44-06Durckel, Paul H. Gardnerville NV 44-07Fair, Walter Boca Raton FL 44-07Bickford, Burton C. Austin TX 44-08Garber, Glenn D. Lake Charles LA 44-08Gardner Jr., Edward W. Interlochen MI 44-08Bishop, Stanley L Barberton OH 44-09

NAVIGATOR TALESby Richard W. Ahrens & Susan M. Currana 214-page hardcover self-published book ofarticles by navigators, bombardiers, andother ratings—extracted from DR AHEAD.After publishing expenses, all profits go toAFNOA. To order your copy, send checkmade out to Richard W. Ahrens to:

Richard W. Ahrens43300 Little River Airport Road #79Little River, CA 95456-9612

Navigator Tales 29.95CA State Sales Tax 2.36Packing & Shipping in U.S. 4.87Total $37.18

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Campbell, Harry J. Staten Island NY 44-09Gober, Edgar M. Haleyville AL 44-09Honecker, Warren G. Pittsburgh PA 44-09Arkin, Benjamin Dobbs Ferry NY 44-11Coons, William I. Caramel IN 44-11Guerre, George T. Bath MI 44-11Heald, John A. Saint Petersburg FL 44-11Crain, Robert T. Fort Scott KS 44-12Domski, Edward T. Buffalo Grove IL 44-12Bradley, Carrell F. Tucson AZ 44-45Bremer, Charles H. Raleigh NC 44-45Capogna, Anthony J. Schenectady NY 44-45Derby Jr., Frank N. Somonauk IL 44-45Harroun, Bernard M. Tryon NC 44-45Conklin, Dominic E. Traverse City MI 44-49Forsberg, Clarence T. Venice FL 44-49Hartwig, Albert F. Clarence Center NY 44-49Boatman, Raymond G. Odessa TX 44-53Cruff, Earl R. Attleboro MA 44-53Doman, Andrew P. Bethel Park PA 44-53Frascino, Angelo J. Rochester NY 44-53Hancock Jr., Austin J. Madison WI 44-53Brittis, Nicola J. Bedford Hills NY 44-53NBlythe, Louis G. Texas City TX 45-04NBunch, Gordon L. Houston TX 45-04NCase, Ardell E. Troy PA 45-04NCuny, Florian B. Martinez CA 45-04NDaly, Jack M. San Jose CA 45-04NDurbin, Edward L. Richardson TX 45-04NGodnig, Edward C. Asheville NC 45-04NGrabar, Victor T. University Place WA 45-04NHalpin, Michael Don Beach Haven NJ 45-04NHolz, Harold A. Wilmington IL 45-04NChapman, Loyal H. Minnetonka MN 45-08Crockett, Arthur C. Cincinnati OH 45-08Custis, Bryce H. Tacoma WA 45-08Darsey, Meryl L. Three Rivers CA 45-08Day Jr., Charles E. Grand Rapids MI 45-08Greenwell, Emmett P. Midvale UT 45-08Henry, Forest W. Williamsburg VA 45-08Bohichik, George K. Columbus OH 50-02Elmer, George A. Sacramento CA 50-BDavidson, Samuel T.W. Newark DE 50-DPetersen, Peter J. Westminster CO 50-DHuggins, Earl L. Las Vegas NV 50-EDash, Abraham A. Bowie MD 50-FHaven, Morris E. Titusville FL 50-F*Dunham, David M. Mount Pleasant SC 51-00Fernley, Aaron R. Salem OR 51-00Gordon, Earl H. Winter Park FL 51-00Goss Jr., Raymond Georgetown TX 51-00Mungan, Charles P. Havertown PA 51-00Darling, Arthur K. Victor NY 51-03Corcoran, James L. Belleville IL 51-05Campos, Robert Fremont CA 51-09Luntzel Jr., James R. Encinitas CA 51-09Chesney, Michael T. Austin TX 51-20Culver, Robert G. Yorkville IL 51-20Horne, Elmer A. Hooksett NH 51-24Grooms, Thomas H. St Petersburg Bch FL 52-03

Duncan, Olen E. Norcross GA 52-07Pilegge Jr., Joseph C. Tuscaloosa AL 52-09Ramer, William E. Mesa AZ 52-09Trout, Lawrence E. Universal City TX 52-09Conklin, Richard C. Palatine IL 52-11Gehring, Robert W. Huntington Beach CA 52-24Halterlein, William E. Roache Harbor WA 53-00Trainor, Philip A. Bellaire TX 53-09Davies, William J. Little Rock AR 53-19Graham, Irwin P. San Antonio TX 53-GVerrengia, Augustine A. Austin TX 54-00Harris, Jerry L. Seattle WA 54-06Harrod, James G. Goose Creek SC 54-06Zumwalt, James T. Abilene TX 54-06Davidek, William J. Gahanna OH 54-07Gibson, James V. Crestview FL 54-11Bishop, Warren E. N Stonington CT 54-12Ford, Douglas J. Dixon CA 54-13Delany, James F. O’Fallon IL 55-06Siegmund Jr., Frederick R. Niceville FL 55-09Muir, Donald L. Lawrence KS 55-19Donovan, Robert T. Pittsfield MA 56-01Folts, Lavens D. Homer LA 56-01Giblin, Owen J. Marmora NJ 56-01Gatchel, Donald V. Arlington TX 56-02Helms, Neal G. Charlotte NC 56-02Hubeli, Tom E. Houston TX 56-02Grzesinski, Leo J. Hollidaysburg PA 57-08Dugas, Russell G. Dusontte LA 57-15Dicenzo, Dominic M. Orlando FL 58-00

HARLINGENHalecky, Eugene G. Brentwood CA 53-12Downey Jr., Lewis F. Columbus OH 53-13Gibson, Jimmy E. Universal City TX 54-11Godfrey, Johnny H. Phoenix AZ 54-11Iacobucci, Anthony J. Cleves OH 55-03Hatcher, David B. Mount Airy NC 55-06Fero, Richard G. Niceville FL 55-15Prahinski, Arthur L. Silver Spring MD 56-17Lind, William G. Moraga CA 57-04Jones, Donald W. Phoenix AZ 57-18Wurzbach, Walter O. Loxley AL 58-08CRemlinger, Robert D. Cedar Park TX 58-09Pappas, Demitri P. Houston TX 59-12Chase, Vincent H. Southern Pines NC 59-14Rose, John H. San Antonio TX 59-14Philipp, Ernest F. Woodbridge VA 59-15Guertin, Richard J. Williamsburg VA 59-16Light, James E. Fort Walton Beach FL 59-17Johnson, William C. Gwinn MI 60-01Schuster, Edward P. Golden CO 60-16Silvestri Jr., Louis A. Pike Road AL 60-18Boudreau, Donald B. Unknown 60-1XCrofoot, William R. Fox Island WA 60-21Beland, Richard J. Poquoson VA 60-22Nellans, William L. Warsaw IN 61-01Olsen, Gerald E. Spokane WA 61-01St.John, James B. Lexington TX 61-02McGhee, Donald B. Mount Holly NJ 61-05

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Campbell, David Port St. Lucie FL 61-06Johnson, Jimmy L. Fairfax VA 61-07Chittenden, Robert D. San Antonio TX 61-09Harrel, Bruce D. Federal Heights CO 62-13Meyer, John H. Silver Spring MD 62-21

HONDOCosgrove, William P. Weston FL 42-00Gladin, Leo L. San Diego CA 42-16Connors Jr., William F. Waltham MA 43-06Dickerson, Robert E. Blue Lake CA 43-08Beerli, Stanley W. Hillsboro OR 43-09Carlage, Fred D. Woodstock CT 43-09Dorman, Frank C. Bristol TN 43-09Gold, Michael M. Barrington RI 43-10Haskins, Cecil A. New Orleans LA 43-10Dalbero, Eugene G. Staten Island NY 43-11Howland, John W. San Antonio TX 43-11Hancock, John R. Morton WA 43-13Herrman, Edgar A. Dayton OH 43-13Hojer, George A. Salem NH 43-13Brennan, Charles A. Morristown NJ 43-14Benjamin, Nathan M. Woodland Hills CA 43-15Chapek, Kenneth E. Naperville IL 43-15Fell, Theodore Garden City NY 43-15Fegley, Harry D. Chevy Chase MD 43-16Hicks, Frederic A. Denver CO 43-17Caswell, Andrew D. Algonac MI 44-04Harris, William E. Ozark AR 44-06Hood, George C. Raleigh NC 44-06Bunnell, Boyd Price UT 44-08Freeman, William C. Brandon FL 44-08Bevington, Lawrence C. Rosemead CA 44-10Hodges, Homer L. Stamford TX 44-10Horton, Buford T. Winchester KY 44-10Chaney, Harold R. Ashtabula OH 44-46Cummins, Clinton O. Hayesville NC 44-46Bittman, Maurice Marco Island FL 45-415Edmonds, Edmund W. Alexandria VA 45-415Eschliman, Richard W. Columbus OH 45-415

JAMES CONNALLYEggert, Donald C. Libertyville IL 52-21Merritt, Cyrus J. Old Saybrook CT 54-16Lemmons Jr., Melvin E. Houston TX 54-SNPyle, Jerry Allen San Antonio TX 56-00Rounsaville, Glo L. Norman OK 59-08Kelley III, Francis R. Satellite Beach FL 59-09Rowney, Thomas E. Prescott AZ 59-09Cogburn Jr., Harry V. San Antonio TX 59-12Soderberg, Adolph D. Fargo ND 59-15Rhoten, Billy J. Colorado Springs CO 59-16Richey Jr., Charles W. Annandale VA 59-17Andress Jr., Harold W. Vienna VA 60-06Minear, George W. Shiner TX 60-10Chynoweth, William M. Tijeras NM 60-14Cathey, George F. LaCenter WA 60-18Simon III, William State College PA 60-20Viar, Johnny K. Humboldt TN 61-01Graves, Don F. Palm Coast FL 63-08

Anduss, Larry P. Barnsdall OK 63-10Moore Jr., William R. Peoria AZ 63-17Turner, David C. Fernandina Beach FL 63-18Houck, Fred R. Tyler TX 63-21Dietel, George W. Naples FL 64-03Miller, Ralph K. Arden NC 64-03Yarger, Gary L. Abilene TX 64-03Robinson, Keith A. Kalispell MT 64-13Kyger, Delbert L. RioHonda TX 65-04Shaeffer, Terry L. Enterprise AL 65-04Trail, Nicholas A. Mountain Home AR 65-05Wiebenga, Terry D. Cedar Fall IA 65-11Wiec, Gary M. Hernado Beach FL 65-14Campbell, Donald F. Rome NY 65-15Boswell Jr., Benjamin W. Sebastian FL 65-20L’Hommedieu, Edward F. North Yarmouth ME 65-20Leishman, Stephen A. Wilmington DE 66-03Voigtsberger, Carl A. Cheyenne WY 66-18

LOWRYHall, Haywood Murfreesboro TN 41-03

MATHERKleyla, Robert L. Washington DC 42-00Harris, Lewis S. Milford CT 42-10Dr. Crosby, Harry H. Lovell ME 43-06Enger, Glenn Arlington TX 43-14Fedonchuk, John Las Vegas NV 51-00Crisp Jr., Harold N. Garden Ridge TX 51-02Gant Jr., James H. Tarpon Springs FL 52-00Collier, Walter E. Miami FL 53-00Dewitt, Robert W. Black Earth WI 53-00Fake, James P. Altamonte Springs FL 68-00Newman Jr., Ward C. St. Louis MO 68-06Armour, Thomas P. Reston VA 72-16Beardslee, Barry D. Lafayette IN 72-16Ebert, Richard D. Sioux Falls SD 72-16Irons Jr., William E. St. George UT 72-16MacDonald, George D. Evanston IL 72-16Settlemeyer, Joseph E. Kenedy TX 72-16Triebold, Robert W. Valley City ND 72-16Venable, Gerald J. Lafayette LA 72-16Vine, Wayne F. Unknown MN 72-16Davis, Lloyd T. Eight Mile AL 77-00Rose, John Henry San Antonio TX 83-00Stedman, Jerome M. River Ridge LA 44-09BGen Dronet, Curney J. Erath LA 44-12

PROFESSIONAL NAVIGATORDaly, Chester T. Telford PA 46-00Hiiard, Joe S. Odenton MD 46-00

SELMANGreene, James L. Montgomery AL 42-16Dehaven, Frank W. Lake Bluff IL 42-17Dorion Sr., Richard D. Germantown NY 42-17Groome, John P. Wheeling WV 43-01Christensen, James R. Lindale TX 43-04Dr. Docton, Frank L. Xenia OH 43-04Braca, Alfred G. Staten Island NY 43-05

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Cusanelli, Carl J. Coral Springs FL 43-05Darnell, Orville Los Alamitos CA 43-05Friedman, Frank A. Pittsburgh PA 43-05Cummins, Frank P. Johnstown PA 43-07Boosalis, Mike G. Lincoln NE 43-08Devine, William H. Endfield CT 43-08Christ, Willard J. Dubuque IA 43-10Clouser, Jack L. St. Lucie West FL 43-11Darling, Daniel A. Ada MI 43-11Callender, John B. Palm Bay FL 43-12Euart, Kenneth A. Glen Rock NJ 43-12Goodwin, Jack E. Lawrence KS 43-12Brous, Donald Palm Harbor FL 43-13Coote, Joseph J. Tinton Falls NJ 43-13Gannon, Thomas F. Fort Walton Beach FL 43-13Homer, Harry M. Canton OH 43-13Backus, Richard H. Falmouth MA 43-14Balog, John Monroe CT 43-14Case, Arthur D. Homasassa FL 43-14Conrad, John B. Lexington KY 43-14Dorschel, James C. Bonita Springs FL 43-14Hogan, Paul G. Mobile AL 43-14Cunard, David C. Philadelphia PA 43-15Davis, Arthur F. Weeki Wachee FL 43-15Dion, Lucien J. Fall River MA 43-15Hirsch, Richard B. Winnetka IL 43-15Becktell, Marvin J. Albuquerque NM 43-16Calace, Arthur J. Miller Place NY 43-16Faith, George S. Pittsburgh PA 43-16Bishop, Lester J. Dublin OH 43-17Fraser Jr., Elwood S. Durham NH 44-01Howes, Joseph J. Glen Mills PA 44-01Beddingfield, Luther G. Flowood MS 44-02Gray Jr., Arthur Haverhill NH 44-03Cramer, Martin G. Bethesda MD 44-04Fine, Hyman Jamaica Plain MA 44-04Forrest, Ralph A. Lakeland FL 44-05Brovitz, Cortland L. Pittsford NY 44-06Champagne, Rene P. Woonsocket RI 44-06Cronnelly Jr., Edward D. Syracuse NY 44-06Crooke, James J. Crestview FL 44-06Gise, George H. New Cumberland PA 44-06Hammond, Richard S. Cortland NY 44-06Fergot, Paul L. Oshkosh WI 44-08Adler, Milton M. Tucson AZ 44-10Alvine Jr., Samuel J. Montville NJ 44-10Daugherty, Paul E. Columbia PA 44-11Grinter, Robert B. Fort Meyers Beach FL 44-11Champlin, Jesse H. Rehobeth Beach DE 44-12Davis Jr., Norman E. Wilmington NC 44-12Fatsi, Thomas South Glastonbury CT 44-12Gonzalez, Salvador Minneapolis MN 44-12Corken, Jack C. Coral Springs FL 44-13Cutter, Marshall W. Ellsworth ME 44-13Fournier, Walter L. Berlin NH 44-13Higgins, Edwin H. College Station TX 44-13Holbrook, Herman L. Georgetown SC 44-13Foster, Bartley M. Naples FL 44-14Mangan, David J. Columbia SC 44-14Denney, Frank S. Rogers AR 44-15

Gombos, Robert A. Aurora CO 44-15Gray, Augustis T. East Greenbush NY 44-15Bing, George F. Livermore CA 45-03Cooper, John E. Reading PA 45-03NFaletto, Phillip C. Granbury TX 45-03NGoren, Osias G. Pacific Palisades CA 45-07Gowen Jr., Jesse L. Murfreesboro TN 45-07Almond Sr., Robert L. Silver Spring MD 45-07NCraig, David J. Hobe Sound FL 45-07NGochnauer, Raymond D. Seminole FL 45-07NHodgson, Edward R. Little River KS 45-07NDouglas, Walter H. Centerville OH 45-11Dankowski, Conrad J. San Rafael CA 45-115Ingham, Robert J. Saint Paul MN 45-125Christoph, Robert A. Kerrville TX 45-125NVascellaro, Andrew Virginia Beach VA 45-155NDr. Campbell, Thomas A. Saint Petersburg FL 45-325

SHEPPARDFreeland, John F. Meadowlakes TX 53-01

SAN MARCOSFrantz, Carl M. Albuquerque NM 43-10Doran, Roland J. Westport CT 43-11Gelman, Martin A. Wyncote PA 43-12Fiala Jr., Rudolph J. Pound Ridge NY 43-15Holmes, Charles T. Houston TX 43-17Goetsch, Forest L. Thousand Oaks CA 43-18Gross, Robert H. West Hartford CT 43-18Boxer, Aaron E. Boca Raton FL 44-03Goldman, Hank Boca Raton FL 44-03Elgart, Ernest L. Cumming GA 44-04Dinwiddie, Walter L. Golden CO 44-06Harper, Robert A. Evanston IL 44-12Hinds, Robert S. Houston TX 45-02N

VICTORVILLECooper, Owen G. Baltimore MD 44-03

SCHOOL UNKNOWNDeville, Frank M. San Antonio TX 41-00Hayman, Keith L. Bloomsberg PA 41-00Conway, Douglas M. Aitkin MN 42-00Fogarty, Francis M. Shelbyville TN 42-00Bloch, Henry W. Mission Hills KS 43-00Ershow, Walter E. New York NY 43-00Lents, James M. Andersonville TN 43-00Deplois, Clyde H. Oklahoma City OK 44-00Gori, Floyd E. Eagle River AK 52-01Bernier, Francis W. Alexandria VA 53-00Breuner, Richard T. Bozeman MT 53-00Hemmer, Milton J. Pensacola FL 40-00Holdsworth, Albert C. Pittsburgh PA 40-00Folsom, Dale R. Maiden Rock WI 43-00Horowitz, Emanuel Silver Spring MD 43-00Houston, James A. Kansas City MO 43-00Fellows Jr., Charles W. Houston TX 44-00Fair, Delbert W. Ponca City OK 45-01Goudielock, Kenneth M. Tucson AZ 46-00

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