VETERANS HONOR ROLL
William G. Ufford Sr., Class 1946, Still living in Paola, Kansas (Age 95) - USAF, total 281/2 years enlisted Active duty and USAF Reserves, Veteran of Korean War - Retired as a Senior Master Sergeant.
May 30, 1929-September 2, 2024
James Edward Younts, Class of 1946, When the
Korean War began, he applied for active duty with the Air Force. He was sent to
Korea as a combat intelligence officer and was assigned to the elite 51st
Fighter Interceptor Wing, equipped with the first line F-86 Saberjets, as a
mission briefing and debriefing officer working closely with the fighter pilots
including future astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Marine John Glenn, top Korean War
ace Joe McConnell, ace Hal Fisher, and Wing commanders and WW II notables
Francis Gabreski and John Mitchell. One of the highlights of the job was taking
the pilot mission reports and the descriptions of their dogfights at 40,000 feet
over Mig Alley near the Yalu River with the Russian-built Mig-15s during
1952-53. The 51st received both the Korean and US presidential unit citations.
He served 23 years in the active and reserve, including a graduate of the
Command and Staff College, as an Air Force Academy Liaison Officer and was a
member of the 51st Fighter Interceptor Wing Association.
Class of 1947
Calvin Kenneth Doll, Class of 1947, Joined
the Navy in 1951, Stationed in Japan and San Diego during the Korean War. He got
a job and Midwest Research Institute. There, he attended Finley
Engineering College and got a degree in Mechanical Engineering, and with his
work in the Navy as a Radar Repairman, he also possessed electronic engineering
skills. He worked for MRI in a variety of positions and eventually moved up to
the grade of Scientist. While there, he worked on a variety innovative
designs which included electrodes that stuck to astronauts while there were in
space and several others including chemical warfare detection. He attained the
level of Lieutenant JG before ending his career in the Navy after 13 years.
Class of 1949
Jack L. Hatchitt, Class of 1949, 10 Medals, served in the Korean War Navy Squadron VF-54, they made movie about it's the " Brides of Toko-R1", starring Wm. Holden, Grace Kelly, Mickey Rooney. My airgroup had more combat hours over Korean than any other.
Thomas G. Naylor, Living,
Class 1949, U. S. Army, Sergeant, 1953 to 1955,
Vietnam Vet.
Emmit E. Stinson, Class of 1949, Was drafted into the Army in August of 1951 for the Korean War. He was sent to Germany in April of 1952. He served in the German Occupation for 16 months. This time later became the "Cold War". He was a Corporal working in headquarters of the 656th Engineer Topographic Battalion.
He is a Life Member of the American Legionand he led the Honor Guard to over 500 grave burials from 1986 tp 2018 in cemeteties in a 50 mile radius of Kansas City, which included standing at attention, firing rifles, taps and the folding and presentation of flag to the widows of the veterans. Emmit passed away on April 1, 2024.
Class of 1952
James Alan Smith,
Living, Class 1952, U. S. Air Force, Sergeant, 1953 to 1957,
Korean War Vet.
Class of 1956
Aubrey Earl Williamson Jr., Living, Class 1956, U. S. Army Artillery, Spec. 5th
Class, 1961 to 1964.
Class of 1958
Jimmy L. Badger, Living, Class 1958, U. S. Air Force, Lt Colonel, 1964 to1984, Vietnam Vet.
Ralph Sole, Class of 1958.
Ralph was a specialist fifth class doing aerial reconnaissance with the 20th
Military Intelligence Detachment in Germany during the Vietnam War.
Class of 1960
Joseph M. Coulson, Living, Class of 1960, U.S. Navy Submarine Services, Pearl Harbour,
3rd Class Petty Officer.
Class of 1961
Ron Weisbach, class
of 1961, served in the U.S. Navy Submarine Service, Fleet Ballistic Nuclear
Submarines - Polaris: SSBN 600 Theodore Roosevelt and SSBN 610 Thomas A. Edison.
Active Duty: 1964 - 1968, Radioman/Cryptographer RM3SS stationed in Holy Loch,
Scotland (subron 14) and New London, CT. Operational area: North Pole.
Class of 1962
Wayne Skiles, Class 1962, U. S. Navy, Lieutenant , Decorated Vietnam - Navy
Pilot.
Class of 1964
Alllan R. Callow, Living, Class of 1964, Army/W-2, Army Aviator
(Helicopter Pilot).
Service 1966-1970 Served in Vietnam 9-67 to 9-68.
American by Birth.... Veteran by Choice.
Alan L. Whitesell Sr., Living, Class 1964, U. S. Air Force, Senio Airman,
Vietnam Era.
Class of 1971
Paul R. Williams, Living, Class of 1971, Army/Specialist 5
Service June 1971 - September 1974. Served in Ft. Campbell, KY; Ft.
Knox, KY;
Ft. Ben Harrison, IN; HQ US Army Europe; Heidelberg, Germany;
Ft. Riley, KS.
Class of 1974
Patrick "Bobby" Mercer, Class of 1974
was a
member of the US Navy for six years. He was a Petty Officer 3rd Class, serving
as a sonar technician on submarines. After an honorable discharge, he worked as
an aircraft journeyman painter at North Island in San Diego. He passed away
2/23/2015