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Porterdale Mill on the Yellow
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| My husband enlisted in the Air Force in January 1951, upon completion of basic training at Lackland AFB Texas, he graduated from Ground Radar Operators School at Keesler AFB, Ms.. Rather than a duty assignment as a Ground Radar Operator, he was selected to develop a SAC Command Post. His first assignment was at Ellsworth AFB, SD then was transferred to a base at South Ruislip, England. During this tour he was selected to attend the NCO Academy; in 1956 he was transferred to Hunter AFB, Ga. where he served as NCOIC , unit control room. He was selected to attend OCS at Lackland AFB, TX graduating June of 1958; than it was back to Keesler AFB, Ms to attend the Air Traffic Control School. He was stationed at Mather AFB, Ca, Williams AFB, Az, Sonderstrom, Greenland, Kingsley Field, Or and Howard AFB, Canal Zone. Duties at these stations involved Air Traffic Control Officer, Flight Facilities Officer, with the major portions of the time as Squadron Commander. In July of 1970 he was transferred to Griffiss AFB, NY assigned to the Office of the Inspector General; he performed the duties as an IG Team Chief. After two years, he was transferred to Utapao AFB, Thailand serving as the Flight Facility Officer during the bombing of Vietnam. In 1973, he was transferred to the Pentagon where he was involved with the air corridors in Berlin meeting with the Russians, French and British officials. After 4 years of traveling frequently, he decided to retire from the Air Force; I so wish that we would have discussed the medals he was awarded----I do know that he received the Bronze Medal and the Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters. In December of 1977 he decided to go back to work, he was the civil engineer at the UGA Health Service for 18 years and probably would have worked longer had he not been diagnosed with Stage IV prostate cancer in March of 1990. He spent many hours after retirement on the computer developing websites; he would be very happy to know that through his efforts Porterdale is indeed alive again. Many thanks to you Joe for carrying on the website. |