WAR STORIES & MEMORIES
CAM RAHN BAY AB, RVN - 1966
and other I Love Me stuff

John P Slusser, SMSgt, USAF, Retired

WE GOT OURSELVES A HOOCH GIRL !	MOTOR POOL DRIVER !	MY SIX-BY GOT STOLEN !	LET'S MAKE A MOVIE SCREEN?
Kunsan Korea - August 1977		Saigon, RVN Sept 11, 1964 (On left - John W. Reika, USAF Retired)

Luke AFB, AZ - 1976	TAC NCO Academy - 1975 Bruce A Ball Academic Achievement Award
George AFB - 1967 First Air Force Commendation Medal Award	479th A&E WCS Shop Picnic - July 1967


Taken inside the WCS mock-up tent at Ton Son Nhut AB August 64 Three pictures by Curt Oberg.	Saigon Aug 64 - Bobby Griffin looking back.	Saigon Aug 64 - Don Boylls riding in cyclo.

LOST & FOUND:

If you click on the plywood sign by the "WE GOT OURSELVES A HOOCH GIRL" story, you will see nine
names including my own. I have been on a quest to locate them all over the past months. Here are the
results plus several others that I have found.

Ranks are shown as they were at the time. Red indicates location known. Blue indicates deceased.

SSgt Cary Stanley - Aurora, CO SSgt Gerald (Bud) Meyers - Unknown SSgt Robert Suiter - possibly deceased A1C William Ferguson - Lake San Markos, CA	A1C Steve Arch - deceased A1C Kilgore - unknown A1C Ted Quella - Aurora, CO A1C John Slusser - Tucson, AZ
A1C Olin (Ken) Spencer - Pahrump, NV

Lowry AFB, CO
1959 - 1963

SSgt Rodney Coulomb - unknown
A2C Jerry Matz - Tucson, AZ
A1C David Larson - Colorado
A1C John Yanushka - Colorado
A2C Leonard Kauffman - Deceased
A2C Larry Schwartz - unknown
A2C Robert Dwyer - unknown
SSgt John McBride
TSgt Bresnahan - unknown
SSgt Sam B Thompson - unknown
A1C Yarborough - unknown
SSgt Gerald Booth - unknown
A1C Willis R. H. Preston - Texas

NAHA, Holloman & RVN
1963 - 1966

TSgt Lamar B Cruse - Louisiana
SSgt Bobby R Griffin - deceased
SSgt John W Reika - Escondido, CA
SSgt Dale A Lindeau - deceased
A1C Reggie Bostwick - Tucson, AZ
A1C Joe L Pierson - North Carolina
SMSgt James V Kenney - Missouri
SSgt Craig K Porter - Phoenix, AZ
SSgt Curtis Oberg - Florida
SSgt James Donaldson - unknown
SSgt Ed Lowrimore - unknown
MSgt Donald Boylls - deceased
A1C Richard Dehart - unknown
SSgt Merle Brumgard - deceased
A1C Bob Nalley - Maryland
SSgt Calvin Combs - unknown
SSgt James Alcorn - unknown
A1C Robert Dickfoss - unknown
SSgt Ed Henderson - unknown
SSgt Lewis B Alexander - deceased
SSgt Preston Blake - deceased
A1C Glen Phelps - deceased
A1C Jack Early - unknown
SSgt Jimmy Phillips - unknown
SSgt Shelby J Jeanice - Louisiana
SSgt Basil Thomas unknown
A2C Melvin Neubauer - unknown

George AFB, CA
1967 - 1971

TSgt Harold Crockett - deceased
SMSgt Garner Morris - CA
SSgt Charles Troutman - Phoenix
SSgt Thomas Eide - CA
SMSgt Ferguson - unknown
A1C John Catiller - unknown
TSgt Ragsdale - CA
TSgt Gene Baader - deceased
SSgt Gene Evenson - unknown
MSgt Ed King - unknown

FTD - RAF Bentwaters & RAF Lakenheath
1971 - 1974

Major John J Korpi - Massachusetts
MSgt James Hart - Phoenix, AZ
MSgt Walt Killops - California
MSgt Art Myers - unknown
TSgt Johnny Johnson - deceased
MSgt Joe G McCormack - deceased
MSgt Dale Karriker - North Carolina
MSgt Grady Massey - deceased
MSgt Philip (Baby Hewey) Hewett - deceased
TSgt Paul (Willie) Wilson - possibly deceased
TSgt John Armstrong - unknown
TSgt Sherman Bailey - unknown
TSgt Gary Grover - deceased
MSgt Douglas Cummings - Layton, Utah
MSgt Dave Fitzgerald - unknown
SSgt Clark McClain - possibly deceased
TSgt Paul Kenneson - unknown
MSgt Bobby Turner - unknown
SMSgt Don Stewart - unknown
MSgt Bill Walker - unknown
TSgt Phillip Lucas - (Georgia?) unknown
TSgt Bernie Lucas - unknown
TSgt William (Billy Budd) Burke - unknown

	Found: 10 Oct 2009 A1C William A Ferguson 1217 Via Rafael Lake San Marcos, CA 92078-7102	Found: 16 Oct 2009 MSgt Shelby J Jeanice 217 Darolina St. Thibodaux, LA 70301-5409	Found: 17 Oct 2009 CMSgt Douglas R O Cummings 1196 E 3225 N. Layton, UT 84040
	Found: 19 Nov 2009 SSgt Curt Oberg 542 Mooney Road Ft Walton Beach, FL 32547

FOUND: 15 October 2009
	LEWIS B. ALEXANDER, age 77, Passed away on May 10, 2009. Beloved husband of Susan Randall-Alexander. Father of Regina Reis, Denise L. Alexander, Lewis Alexander, Jr., Kathlin Strobelt-McCann. Stepfather of James D. Randall, Barbara Sparks and Heather M. Natal. Grandfather to 15 beautiful children. Brother of Barbara New, Margaret Reed and loving uncle of many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents, Wendall Hobert Alexander and Ruth Gaines Alexander-Durham. Lewis served his country for 23 years in the U.S. Air Force, as an F-4 Aircraft Avionics Technician. He sang in various Air Force choirs and he was a Vietnam veteran. Retired from Huron Road Hospital as a radiology technician. Lewis was an active member of both Archwood and Trinity United Churches of Christ and sang in both choirs. VISITATION WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, FROM 4 - 6:30 P.M., AT RIPEPI FUNERAL HOME, 5762 PEARL RD. (AT SNOW RD.) Followed by a Memorial Service from 6:30 - 7 p.m. Inurnment Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery, Rittman, OH, on Friday, May 29, 2009, at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions to the Animal Protective League, 1729 Willey Ave., Cleveland, OH 44113. 440-888-0800



24 Nov 58 - 1 Dec 80	Air Training Command HQ Randolph AFB San Antonio, TX	Basic Training Lackland AFB, TX Nov 58 - Feb 59	Lowry Technical Training Center Lowry AFB, CO	3430th School Sq Lowry AFB, CO Feb 59 - Oct 59	3419th School Sq Lowry AFB, CO Oct 59 - Mar 60
3420th School Sq Lowry AFB, CO Oct 59 - Mar 60	3424th Instructor Sq Lowry AFB, CO Mar 60 - Aug 63	Pacific Air Forces HQ Hickam AFB HI	51st FIW Naha AB, Okinawa	51st Armament & Electronics Naha AB, Okinawa Aug 63 - Dec 64	16th FIS Sq. Ton Son Nuht AB, RVN Aug 64
Tactical Air Command HQ Langley AFB Hampton, VA	366th TFW Holloman AFB, NM	366th Avionics Maintenance Sq. Holloman AFB, NM Jan 65 - Dec 66	Cam Ranh AB, RVN Jan 66 - Jun 66	12th AMS Cam Ranh AB Aug 66 - Jun 66	479th TFW George AFB, CA
Dec 66 - Mar 68	HQ Sheppard AFB Wichita Falls, TX	516 Field Training Det. George AFB, CA Mar 68 - Mar 71	912 Field Training Det, RAF Bentwaters, UK Mar 71 - Jul 73	908 Field Training Det, RAF Lakenheath, UK Jul 73 - Dec 74	58th AMS Luke AFB, AZ Jan 75 - Jan 77
8th TFW Kunsan AB Republic Of Korea	8th AMS Kunsan AB, Korea Feb 77 - Jun 77	8th Aircraft Generation Squadron Kunsan AB, Korea Jun 77 - Dec 77	354th TFW Myrtle Beach AFB Myrtle Beach, SC	354 Component Repair Squadron Myrtle Beach AFB, SC Jan 78 - Dec 80