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Ross, Gene
Rank/Branch: Staff Sergeant, USAF
Service Dates: 1960 to 1980
Stationed: Havre; Beaverlodge, Alberta, Canada; Kharat, Thailand; Edwards AFB

Scarpulla, Joseph "Joe"
Rank/Branch: Major, USAF
Service Dates: 11/42 to 8/46
Stationed: England, Belgium, Italy, Tunisia, Germany, Dakar, Liberia and more

"A most memorable moment was the appearance, in our area of work in Liberia, of Col. Henry G. MacDonald, Group Commander of our bomb group. He informed me that I was being promoted to captain and was being awarded the Bronze Star Medal because of my outstanding work, results and success in the Casey Jones Project. I was credited with having flown the most Casey Jones missions, having covered the most areas and having he most successful photo results."

Schaefer, Wend
Rank/Branch: Commander, MC USN
Service Dates: 1963 to 1974
Stationed: US Naval Hospital, Jacksonville; US Navy Station Hospital, Japan; US Naval Hospital, Oakland; US Naval Hospital, Pensacola

"In 1969, I was in charge of the casualty ward at Oakland Naval Hospital. Medrano was a Hispanic, the toughest Marine I ever saw, who had lost a limb and most of the skin on the back of his lower extremities. I operated on him abot six times, never once hearing him complain, and I eventually saw him walking in uniform on his two legs."

Schmenk, Thomas "Tom" R.
Rank/Branch: Major, US Army Reserve Corps of Engineers
Service Dates: 7/63 to 7/75
Stationed: Fort Gulick, Canal Zone; Fort Belvoir

"My most memorable moment is meeting, in 1964, in Panama, a young lady, Dianne Geddes. She was an employee of the Pan Canal Company and originally from New Yourk City. We married six weeks later, and now have two children and three grandchildren."

Segesman, Bob
Rank/Branch: Colonel, USA
Service Dates: 1967 to 1970 (active); 1970 to 1997 (reserve)
Stationed: Fort Knox; Fort Hood; Fort Eustis; Qui Nhon, RVN; Santa Barbara; Mountain View; Portland

"Most memorable is the year I served in a combat zone as the Port Operations Officer at the port of Qui Nhon, Republic of South Vietnam."

Songey, Norman "Norm" A.
Rank/Branch: Airman Second Class, USAF
Service Dates: 9/62 to 9/66
Stationed: Hamilton AFB

"My most memorable moment was sitting in a crash fire truck on the flight line waiting for an airplane to make an emergency landing when we heard on our crash radio that Pres. Kennedy was shot."

Sullivan, John L.
Rank/Branch: Major, USAF
Service Dates: 8/64 to 2/86
Stationed: Lackland AFB; Lowry AFB; Orlando AFB; Semback AFB, Germany, Minot AFB; University of Missouri, Columbia; Kelly AFB; Biloxi AFB; Langley AFB; DCA-Worms, Germany; Eglin AFB; Hickam AB; Camp Smith; Los Angeles AFS

"My most memorable moment is sitting in a snow bank on th side of the road at 3am, with 30-knot winds at 30 degrees below zero near Minot, North Dekota. The truck we were traveling in to a Minute Man Missile silo was on fire. The folks in Minot earn their pay!"

Sylvester, Manuel "Manny" R.
Rank/Branch: First Lieutenant, USA
Service Dates: 7/52 to 5/54; 1954 to 1958
Stationed: Camp Roberts, Korea

"My most memorable moment is when my regimental officer said to me, 'We have too many officers, you have to leave three months early."

Thomsen, Gary B.
Rank/Branch: Colonel, USAF
Service Dates: 4/65 to 3/89
Stationed: Laredo AFB; Reese AFB; Chu Li AB, Vietnam; Da Nang AB, Vietnam; Osan AB, South Korea; Cannon AFB; Langley AFB; RAF Lakenheath, UK; Bergstrom AFB

"My most memorable moment is when I was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. It was September 1971, west of Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam, and we had troops in a contact situation in Vietnam. We were able to bring close air support to bear, rescue the downed helicopter and crew and send the enemy scurrying away."

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