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Veterans Alphabetical List

  • Scott Wagers

    Master Sergeant (Ret.) Scott Wagers enlisted in the Air Force on June 1st, 1984. When his recruiter showed him a list of potential jobs he was eligible for, he selected aerial photographer. “With the Cold War still in full swing, I naively imagined that I would soon be operating powerful camera

  • Mayme Tanner

    Mayme Tanner is one of the last surviving female pilot trainees from the Women’s Air Force Service Pilots (WASPs). The program allowed women to fly as civilian pilots in military aircraft, providing their assistance where needed during World War II. Tanner was one of over 1,000 women, out of 25,000

  • Marvin Sutton

    Staff Sergeant (Sep.) Marvin Sutton began his military service in 1980 by protecting assets and people as a police Airman with the 321st Security Police Squadron, at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. Like many security forces members, 18-year-old Sutton was tasked with the responsibility of

  • Kenneth Rodriguez

    Colonel (Ret.) Kenneth Rodriguez received his commission from the Air Force Academy in 1980 and began his career as an aircraft maintenance officer. Rodriguez served in the F-117 stealth fighter development program while it was still a “black project,” and later as a military advisor in El Salvador.

  • Gregg Popovich

    Captain (Sep.) Gregg Popovich is currently the head coach of the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) San Antonio Spurs, leading the team to five World Championships (’99, ’03, ’05, ’07, ’14), making them one of the most successful organizations in American professional sports today. Popovich

  • John Parker

    Colonel (Ret.) John B. Parker began his career in February 1942. Two years later he was navigating B-17s in Europe. He flew 30 combat missions over the next eight months, taking battle damage on every one. Parker described a mission on Christmas Eve in 1944 as his most memorable. It was the first

  • Tom Nurre

    Chief Master Sergeant (Ret.) Tom Nurre began his Air Force career May 22, 1961, enlisting as a Morse Code Intercept Operator. Immediately after, two of his brothers were drafted into the Army. To keep his brothers out of the war zone, Nurre volunteered to go to Thailand during the Vietnam War at an

  • Harlan Mohler

    Chief Master Sergeant (Ret.) Harlan Mohler joined the Air Force as a medical technician in January 1958 at the age of 17. Mohler served from 1958 to 1987 in the medical career field and served in multiple locations to include Germany, Korea and Vietnam. While in Vietnam, Mohler worked at the 22nd

  • Julian Rice

    1st Lt. William Prindible and 2nd Lt. Julian Rice flew airdrop missions during the invasion of Normandy at a very young age. The pair both joined the Army Air Forces in 1942 and were stationed in Sicily, Italy with the 37th Troop Carrier Squadron. In the fall of 1943, they were sent to Cottesmore,

  • Larry Peterson

    Staff Sgt. (Sep.) Larry Peterson was an active duty member of the Air Force from 1970 to 1974. To hear him tell it, he was an Airman and a gunner for four years, four months, 27 days, 13 hours and 21 minutes. Although it has been 40 years since the Hewlett Packard Data Center manager disembarked the

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