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1989, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Post 8884, Smith-Geater Post (Brandon, Iowa)
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1996, American Legion, Post 57 (Vinton, Iowa)
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2006, American Veterans (AMVETS), Post 218 (Vinton, Iowa)
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2007, Air Force Together We Served
2009, Military Association of GeoCachers
2009, Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA)
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2010, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Chapter 10 (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
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2011, La Societe des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux (Forty & Eight), Voiture 1305 (Commander) (Iowa)
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What are you doing now: Retired and love to travel with Carol, my LOVING Wife of 58+ years..
1961-1961, 99015, 3703rd Basic Military Training Squadron (Cadre)
1961-1965, 43251, 28th Logistics Support Squadron
1966-1967, 43251, 28th Logistics Support Squadron
1967-1969, 43251, 72nd Field Maintenance Squadron
1970-1971, 43271, 315th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
1971-1973, 43270, 474th Component Repair Squadron
1973-1975, 43270, 6515th Field Maintenance Squadron
1975-1977, 43270, 1st Component Repair Squadron
1977-1983, 43270, 49th Component Repair Squadron
1961-1967, C-124 Globemaster II
1967-1969, C-47 Skytrain/Dakota
1967-1969, C-54 Skymaster
1967-1969, U-6 Beaver
1967-1969, HU/SU-16 Albatross
1969-1970, T-29 Flying Classroom
1970-1971, UC-123B/K Provider 1
1970-1971, C-123 Provider
1970-1971, O-1/L-19 Bird Dog
1970-1971, O-2 Skymaster
1970-1971, AC-119G/K Shadow/Stinger
1972-1973, F-111 Aardvark
1973-1983, F-15 Eagle/Strike Eagle
We love to Geocache while we travel. Our best GeoVacation was; between May 25th, 2011 thru Aug. 4, 2011.. We drove our Pick-up and 5th wheel travel trailer to Alaska. We put on over 11,600 miles to, in, and around Alaska, National Parks of Alberta and British Columbia, Canada, Yellowstone NP, and back home to Iowa. We found almost 400 Caches up/back. We even found some Caches "above" the arctic Circle.. 
(About 200 miles North of Fairbanks, AK.) What a beautiful State Alaska is.. . We would both like to again go to the "Land of the Midnight Sun"..
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