
Bill Frank - Navy
AK-2
1948-1952
Naval Air Station - San Diego
FASRON - 7


Bob Lapidus - USAF
Captain/Base Ground Safety Officer
1968-1972
Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota


Charles Malinak - Army
Specialist 5th class
1966-1968
Vietnam veteran - Cam Rahn Bay, Vietnam



Major Edward D. (Tex) McHalek, USAF, Retired.
Fredericksburg High School graduate - 1952
Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant on August 4, 1954
Married Esther Ruth Knopp August 6, 1954
Assigned to Randolph AFB, Tx, for C-119 transition
Operational flying duties at Sewart AFB, Tn.
Transitioned to C-130A aircraft in 1958 and assigned to Evreaux-Fauville AB, France
Reassigned back to Sewart in 1961 and flew C-130Bs and C-130Es
Assigned to Air Command and Staff College in 1966, graduated in 1967 and
assigned to 13th Air Force Headquarters at Clark AB, Republic of the Philippines
Reassigned in 1969 to Detachment 2, 556 Recon Squadron, Cam Rahn Bay, Vietnam
Assigned to Dyess AFB, Tx, in 1970. Retired from there in 1972.
Aircraft flown: PA 18, T-6, T-28, B-25, C119F and G models, C-130A, B, and E models, U-4 and C-54
Total flying time about 13,500 flying hours.



Elias H. Villarreal-Navy
MFM - 6th Fleet
1956-1957
CVA-69 / CVA-70 / & CVA-42
Norfolk, VA
