| I was an original member of
the squadron reporting in August 1960. I was in the Sheppard class
with Norm Gerlich and some of the other old-timers. A few months
after completing Sheppard, I went to Vandenberg for crew training and was
assigned to Dick Lemanski's crew R-41 as the DMCCC. We became the
senior crew at Site 9. Other crew members were Vern Page, Bob Langlois,
and Irv Allread. I later served as DMCCC with Ray Streich, Jim Geoghegan,
Jim Henderson, and George Miles on Instructor Crew N-44. This was in September
1963. Later, I served with Jack Dollard, Irv Taylor, Don Holden,
and Gerry Mitstifer on Standboard Crew S-03. In late November 1964,
Larry Page took over the crew. I departed the squadron in about March,
1965 en route to the 4000th Support Group at Offutt AFB, NE. My job
was staff missile maintenance officer relating to satellite launches from
Vandenberg AFB by the 4300th Support Squadron. I remained at Offutt until
December 1966 when I transferred to the Army in the Field Artillery Branch.
I retired from the Army in 1979. |