VETERANS DATABASE

Participant Info

Class Year (or years attended)

1969

Military Service Branch

US Air Force

Years of Service

1969 - 1973

Service Academy or ROTC Institution

Highest Rank Attained

Seargant

Type of Separation

Honorable Discharge

Awards and Decorations

Major Duty Assignments, Military Units/Organizations/Ships, and Locations of Service?

CONUS, England, SEA

Most Memorable Military Experience or Accomplishment

Working on an EB 57, to reach the equipment compartment one had to enter a hatch in the rear of the fuselage, slide on one's back under the rudder control rods to the bulkhead. I was just finishing closing the compartment and a hydraulics team activated the pressurization of the hydraulics. There was a loud bang and the area was engulfed in a pink fog. In the time it took me to slide out, I was drenched in pink hydraulic fluid. The only time I have ever worn all pink undergarments for any reason. Hydraulic fluid stains do not come out. Work on an aircraft and you will own a multitude of stained clothing.

Share the in-service schools/training attended and your primary military specialty.

If your service included combat or hostile action describe

Date of Death and Where They Were Laid to Rest

Alive and kicking as of the date filled out

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