| Not very long after leaving
crew duty for safety, I found what I thought was a needed change to a maintenance
procedure. Merle D. Turner had also moved from crew duty to maintenance
and the change affected his area. One morning we met in the hallway and
he said to me Hiram are you trying to be a SOB [He didn't abbreviate]?
A perfect opening so I answered "Yes Sir, my name is also Turner
and I'm following the example set for me". He punched me in the idsection
and went away laughing. M.D. "Terry" Turner and I were later assigned
to Whiteman AFB together and had a lot of laughs and a few water skiing
trips to local lakes. Sadly, I attended his funeral less than three years
later at Ft. Sam National Cemetery. |