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Lt Col McDonald Retires After 28 Years of Service
Lt Col Emmett G McDonald retired from Brookley Air Force Base on May 31 after more than 28 years in the U S military. A native of Nadan North Dakota he began as a private in the Third Infantry at Ft Snelling then joined the Air Force in 1940. He served at Hickam Field during Pearl Harbor and led overseas tours in Germany 1945 46 before commanding the Illinois Ordnance Depot. He has held the civilian personnel chief post at Brookley since 1948 and aided the Civilian Welfare Fund. He and his wife Tressa Ramsey plan to live in Southern California.
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Emmett G. McDonald
Ilinois
Brookley Air Force Base
Tressa Ramsey
M. M. Ramsey
Herrin
Col. McDonald
Nandan
N. Dak
Third Infantry
Ft. Snelling, Minn
Air Fores
Hawaii
Hickam Field
Pearl Harbor
Germany
Illinois Ordnance Depot
Brookley Afb
Mobile Air Base
Civilian Welfare Fund Council