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Veterans Links
Special Thanks to the following people for their help in this project:
Mike McGrath, Paul Galanti, Dick Stratton, and a bunch of other "ex-cons" from
These guys are true heroes, great Americans, and a valuable source of information for this project.
Chuck & Mary Schantag with the
Chuck & Mary are always there to help out and have supplied an enormous amount of research for this project.
Doug Sterner with
Doug's web site is a great source of information on our military heroes and he helped supply a lot of the medal citations.
Steve Blake & Kelly Kalcheim with the
Steve & Kelly help out with research on aces and pilots that flew the P-38 Lightning.
Robert H. Powell, Marc Hamel, and Sam Sox with the
352nd Fighter Group Association
These guys have supplied valuable information on members of the 352nd FG in WWII.
Joe Noah with the
Joe helped supply information on George & Bill Preddy, and also with some 352nd FG tributes.
Todd Joyce with the
Todd helps out with research relating to the 80 Doolittle Raiders.
Heath Robison with
Heath supplied many of the wonderful ribbon images you see on the tributes.
Walt Cross with
Walt is a military historian and writer that supplies a lot of historical information for this project.
The Base Historians that supplied me with information and photos:
Gary Boyd, the Historian for the 305th Air Mobility Wing and McGuire AFB, New Jersey
Tasha Hairston, the Historian for the 81st Training Wing and Keesler AFB, Mississippi
The following websites are great sources of information about and for our veterans:
7th & 42nd ACCS (EC-130E ABCCC)
9th Fighter Squadron of the 49th Fighter Group
Air Force Historical Research Agency
Air Force Security Forces Association
American Battle Monuments Commission
American Combat Airman Hall of Fame
American Fighter Aces Association
Bob Certain's Unchained Eagle Website
Congressional Medal of Honor Society
Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office
Dick Stratton's Tales of Southeast Asia
Forward Air Controllers Association
Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association
U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Alumni Association
U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association
Virtual Wall - Vietnam Veterans Memorial