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Local air force and army enlistees honored in Cedar Rapids
Lieutenant Richard E. Dye of Cedar Rapids earned silver wings at Webb Air Force Base Texas after completing basic and primary flight training. The piece also lists multiple Cedar Rapids area soldiers, including privates Thomas Woodhouse Larry Wilkey John Pavek Paul Andersen Larry Shultz Stephen Wilder and aviation cadet David F Fassum among others, with details on training bases and hometowns. Inductees from Linn County slated for Des Moines draft July 16 include Milton Kopecky John Hughes Frank Krall Derald Hanson Richard Edwards Donald Bahm Carl Klinsky Charles Lafler Delbert Albin.
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Charles M. Dye
Wisconsin St. SW
Dye
Webb Air Force Base
Big Spring
Tex
Coe College
Air Force
Ellington Air Force Base
Texas
Malden Air Base
Missouri
Webb Afb
Cedar Rapids
Fort Leonard Wood
Paul R. Andersen
Paul W. Andersen
Twenty-fourth St
Larry D. Shultz
Elvin J. Shultz
Stephen T. Wilder
Tudor W. Wilder
Robert L. Fowler
Miranda Fowler
Beverave, SE
Army Armor School
Fort Knox
McKinley High School
Flora
Arlington
Linn County
Des Moines
Milton A. Kopecky
Memorial Drive
John R. Hughes
Oakland Road
Frank W. Krall
Derald F. Hanson
Thirtyfourth St
Richard C. Edwards
Cave
Donald R. Bahm
Marion
Carl L. Klinsky
Solon
Charles W. Lafler
Central Cne
Delbert A. Albin
Centraty
Hanson
Edwards
South Dakota
Fort Sill
Oklo
Bartley
Iowa State College
Larry G. Lines
F. S. Lines
Williams Air Force Base
Sfc
Stanley J. Drahozal
Wendl C. Drahozal
Fifteenth St
Fort Carson
Colo
St. Wenceslaus High School
Hoyt Thomas
Maplewood Drive
Fort Gordon
Ames
Thomas
Franklin High School