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Union City Servicemen Earn Air Medal And Bronze Star
SSgt Jon L Thorne son of Union City residents received the Air Medal at a Western Pacific base for outstanding airmanship on hazardous missions. Navy HM Benjamin C Brown participated in the first U.S. Korean amphibious landings in seven years off Korea with a Battalion Landing Team. PFC Thomas C Bolmer earned the Bronze Star in Vietnam while serving with the 4th Battalion, 25th Infantry. Sgt Russell E Skinner, a Union City native, serves as inventory management specialist at Udorn RTAFB Thailand with the 432nd Supply Squadron. The report also notes education paths and prior postings for several service members.
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Jon L. Thorne
Loring H. Thorne
First Avenue
Union City
Western Pacific
Thorne
Strategic Air Command
376Th Strategic Wing
U-Tapao Airfield
Thailand
Union City High School
Phi Delta Theta
Allegheny College
Meadville
University of Arizona and
Black State Teachers College
Spearfish
Donna
Carl K. Reid
Torrance
Calif
Navy
Benjamin C. Brown
George W. Brown
R.D. 1
Korea
U.S
Republic of Korea
Pohang
Thomas C. Bolmer
Edmund Bolmer
Chestnut Street
Tay Ninh
Vietnam
Fred Stanley
25Th Infantry
25Th Infantry Division
Pfc
Bolmer
U.S. Air Force
Russell E. Skinner
Donald N. Skinner
R.D. 2
Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base
Skinner
432Nd
Pacific Air Forces
Southeast Asia
Far East
Pacific
Dyess Afb
Tex