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Veterans Alphabetical List

  • John Flanders

    Chief Master Sergeant (Ret.) John Flanders, better known as John or Johnnie to his family, and Mr. Flanders to others, devoted 28 years of his life to the military before retiring in 1978.  During World War II, Flanders joined the U.S. Merchant Marines when he was 18 years old.  The Merchant Marines

  • Parnell Fisher

    Master Sergeant (Ret.) Parnell Fisher is a decorated war veteran, serving 22 years as an Air Force loadmaster.  He first served from 1950 to 1954 and, after earning a bachelor’s degree in the ensuing years, served again from 1959 to 1977.  He was awarded a Silver Star for gallant actions on Dec. 18,

  • Louis Fischer

    Chief Master Sergeant (Ret.) Louis Fischer entered the Air Force in 1984 as a security forces Airman.  He deployed in support of Operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Safe Haven, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.  He still remembers his experience as one of the first enlisted Airmen to become a

  • Keith Finney

    Chief Master Sergeant (Ret.) Keith Finney enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in November 1981, serving as a heavy equipment operator in the civil engineer career field.  He spent his career at many bases, including three separate assignments to Osan Air Base, Korea.  He deployed twice; first to Prince

  • Pat Finch

    Master Sergeant (Ret.) Pat Finch joined the Air Force in 1972 with hopes of being a security forces Airman, but realized near the end of basic training that she would become a Basic Military Training Instructor.  After being an instructor for eight years, she became an administrator, which took her

  • Jim Finch

    Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force (Ret.) Jim Finch was the 13th person appointed to the highest noncommissioned officer position in the United States Air Force.  He entered the service in July 1974.  His background includes missile maintenance and professional military education.  He served in

  • Billy Boles

    General (Ret.) Billy J. Boles joined the Air Force during a tumultuous time in United States history.  The year was 1962, and many young Americans were being drafted into the Army.  Boles was faced with a critical decision: do nothing and risk being drafted, or voluntarily join the military and have

  • Harry Dalton

    Brigadier General (Ret.) Harry Dalton is a 30-year combat-decorated Air Force veteran and pioneer in military public relations.  He was the first career public affairs officer to earn a star and advance to the rank of brigadier general.  When the Korean War began, he volunteered for active duty and

  • David Coraz

    Technical Sergeant (Sep.) David Coraz served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from June 1941 to November 1945.  During his military service in World War II, he was a radio operator using Morse code on aircraft such as the B-17 Flying Fortress, B-24 Liberator, B-25 Mitchell, B-26 Marauder, A-20 Havoc,

  • Paul K. Carlton Jr.

    Lieutenant General (Ret.) Paul K. Carlton Jr. was the 17th Surgeon General of the Air Force.  As chief of surgery in 1983 at Wiesbaden, Germany, he and his group of surgeons proposed a different method of caring for wounded service members, resulting in the best survival rates in the history of war.

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