Phan Rang News 54
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Phan Rang News 54
Phan Rang AB News ...keeping the memories alive Phan Rang AB News No. 54 “Stories Worth Telling” In this issue: Phan Rang Memories by Larry Theurer: SGT. Sparks - Don’t Call it the Air Force Third Lieutenants Visit Phan Rang AB NCO One of Top 12 In AF GI’s Missing Helmet Turns Up a Tasty Pot Serving Our Country Panorama of Phan Rang AB 10,000 Mission The Magic Bank Account Reunion Overseas Brave Warriors, Humble Heroes: A Vietnam War Story The Homecoming Update Phan Fare Index SGT. SPARKS - DON’T CALL IT THE AIR FORCE The Players: A1C James Avery (crew chief) and A2C Lawrence Theurer, 8th Tactical Bomb Squadron In between my first and second tours to Phan Rang, I’m back at Clark in the Philippines. One day in the barracks I got a new roommate, a Staff Sergeant named Sparks, He was the oldest Airman I’d ever seen. I don’t know how old he was. He looked way older than any of the Colonels. He seemed to be constantly angry. He challenged me to go outside the barracks and fight one day for some little thing I said. I really wanted to but since I only had one stripe and he had more I declined. Phan Rang AB News 54, Page 1 Phan Rang AB News ...keeping the memories alive He would get furious at anyone who said the word “Air Force”. He would yell at them “Don’t you call it the Air Force. It’s the Army Air Corps, and don’t you forget it”. He was going around the barracks saying he could not wait to get to Phan Rang because he had heard stories about this terror guy there named Master Sgt. Badger who was running the flight line and he, Sparks, was “Going to straighten him out!” Having encountered Master Sgt. Badger myself in my tour in Vietnam, I silently thought “Well, I’m dying to see how that works out for you”. On my second tour in Phan Rang I’m riding down the ramp in the back of a truck and I see Sparks out there at a bomb trailer putting fuses in bombs and looking really, really, really miserable. I so much wanted to yell out “Hey Sparks, did ya straighten out Badger yet?” But I held my tongue. Never saw him after that. Third Lieutenants Visit Phan Rang AB PRAN RANG AB, Republic of Vietnam (7AF) TO PROTECT THE FIREMEN- Explaining the use of a firefighting suit to three U.S. Air Force Academy cadets is Major John C. Acton Jr. (left), 39, Jacksonville Ark. He is the commander of Detachment 1, 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron here. Listening are (left to right) Cadets Stephen H. Phan Rang AB News 54, Page 2 Phan Rang AB News ...keeping the memories alive Graverock, 21, Fullerton Calif., James T. Jeffus. 20, Santa Fe NM, and Arthur H. Hardy, 20, Ipswich, Mass. Firemen working with Det. 1 wear the suit for protection while battling aircraft fires on the runway. (U.S. Air Force Photo by A1C Christopher P. Boles) Dated Aug 15, 1969 NCO One of Top 12 In AF (Pacific Stars & Stripes, Saturday, July 24, 1971) PHAN RANG AB, Vietnam (Special)—A versatile noncommissioned officer assigned to the 1882nd Comm. Sq. here is one of the Air Force's 12 Outstanding Airmen for 1971. M.Sgt. Arthur G. Miles Jr., the Air Force Communications Service nominee, will be an honored guest at the Air Force Association convention in Washington Sept. 20-22. Noncommissioned officer-incharge (NCOIC) of the squadron's communications-electronics (C-E) program, Miles is also a boxing, track and field champion, and a leader of black activities. While assigned to the 95th Strategic Wing at Goose AB, Labrador, in 1967, Miles was recognized for his job knowledge and leadership and selected for retraining into the C-E programs management career field. In addition, he was named "PRIDE" Man of the Quarter for exemplary performance as the wing NCOIC of C-E plans and programs, cited for compiling the highest "error-free" Communications - Electronics Support Program rate over a 10-month period within the 16 8th Air Force bases. Following these achievements, Miles attended the SAC NCO Academy and the C-E programs management supervisor courses, graduating in the top 15 per cent of his class. At Phan Rang the sergeant was assigned the additional duties of unit manpower representative, resources adviser and resources conservation' (RE-CON) administrator. In the latter capacity, he submitted the first RECON savings item within AFCS to be validated for more than $1 million. The San Francisco area Golden Gloves champion and Pacific AAU Junior boxing champion in 1952, Miles continued his interest in sports, while in the Air Force, competing in 1956 in the Air Force World-Wide Boxing Tournament and later turning his talents to track and field. In 1960, working with the Turkish Olympic Track and Field Team, he became the first American airman ever invited to compete in the Turkish National Track and Field Championships. Phan Rang AB News 54, Page 3 Phan Rang AB News ...keeping the memories alive GI’s Missing Helmet Turns Up a Tasty Pot (Pacific Stars & Stripes, Monday, April 8, 1968) TAY NINH, Vietnam (10) Second Lt. Michael C. Long recently found his helmet in an enemy base camp near Tay Ninh, 16 days after the same helmet was shot off his head during a firefight with a mixed company of North Vietnamese regulars and Viet Cong guerrillas. After airlifting into an area near the one operated in 16 days before, D Co. of the 2nd Bn., 14th Inf., 25th Inf. Div., conducted a reconnaissance-inforce operation. They came upon a large 54bunker base camp with trench lines leading from bunker to bunker around the perimeter. "I spotted my old camouflage cover hanging in a tree with my platoon emblem, ‘Third Herd' still plainly inked," said Long. "Closer investigation led me to my steel pot, which was sitting near a stove with freshly cooked rice in it," added Long, of Mackeyville, Pa. "A bullet hole was found in the steel pot and matched up with a hole in the camouflage cover, indicating that the steel pot did belong to Long," said Spec. 4 Alfredo H. Dungco of Tamuning, Guam. WALTHER TAKES PART IN AIR RESERVE (The Edwardsville Intelligencer, July 18, 1968) Capt. Glen P. Walther, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester F. Walther of Highland, is a member of Detachment 1, 38th Air Rescue and Recovery Squadron at Phan Rang AB, Vietnam, which recently took part in a rescue during a mortar attack on the base. Phan Rang AB News 54, Page 4 Phan Rang AB News ...keeping the memories alive Captain Walther, a pilot, was checking his HH-43B Huskie rescue helicopter after the first mortar attack when the crew received a call from the hospital to air evacuate a patient. While the patient was being loaded into the aircraft a second mortar attack began. The pilot had to wait for an opening in the heavy concentration of fire before he could take off. Ten minutes after the helicopter landed at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base, the patient was on the operating room table in the base hospital. A graduate of Highland High School, Captain Walther received a B.S. degree in 1962 from Southern Illinois University where he was commissioned upon completion of the Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps program. He is a member of Delta Chi. His wife, Carol, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R R. Buckle of Dallas, Texas. Rhett O. Webber At Phan Rang AB. (The News, Frederick, Maryland, March 18, 1967) The safe takeoff and landing of aircraft using either of the two runways at Phan Rang Air Base in Vietnam, is the job of SSgt Rhett O. Webber of Knoxville. Situated in a glass walled room atop a five-story tower resemblinga lighthouse, Sergeant Webber works to keep in communication with aircraft landing, taxing, or taking off. If an aircraft is unable to land visually due to darkness or bad weather he brings it in by radar with the aid of the Ground Control Approach system. Te 24-year old air traffic controller, son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Webber of Knoxville is assigned to the 1882nd Communications Squadron at Phan Rang. A graduate of Brunswick High School, Sergeant Webber attended Louisiana State University at Alexandria, La. (The Sun-Standard, Thursday, October 12, 1967) Airman Second Class Alan D. Pattenaude, son of Mrs. Rita V. Pattenaude of 2628 W. 123rd st. Blue Island, is on duty at Phan Rang AB, Vietnam. Airman Pattenaude, an aircraft mechanic, is a member of the Pacific Air Forces. Before his arrival in Southeast Asia, he was assigned to the 4510th Combat Crew Training Wing at Luke AFB, Ariz. VIETNAM (Florence Morning News, Monday, June 21, 1971) Airman first class John A. Pendergrass, son of Mrs. Elfre Pendergrass of Florence, is on duty at Phan Rang AB, Vietnam. (Panama City Herald, Panama City, Fla. July 28, 1967) Staff Sergeant Ralph C. Andrews, has received the U.S. Air Force Commendation Medal at Homestead AFB. Phan Rang AB News 54, Page 5 Phan Rang AB News ...keeping the memories alive Sergeant Andrews, an air policeman, was decorated for meritorious service while assigned at Phan Rang AB, Vietnam. The sergeant, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom L. Andrews of DeFuniak Springs, is a 1961 graduate of Walton High School. (Panama City Herald, Panama City, Fla., Thursday August 15, 1968) TSgt. Eugene C. Fairchild, son of Mrs. Jeanette M. Robarts of 1321 Wisteria Ave , Warrington, has arrived for duty at Selfridge AFB, Mich. Sgt. Fairchild, an aircraft maintenance technician, is member of the Aerospace defense Command. He previously served at Phan Rang AB, Vietnam. The sergeant is a. graduate of Pensacola (Fla.) High School. His wife, Betty, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Hatcher of Chipley. (Walla Walla, Wash., Friday, November 24, 1967) Sgt. John P. Graper, son Mr. and Mrs. Robert 0. Graper of Hermiston, has received the U. S. Air Force Commendation Medal at Thule AB, Greenland. He was decorated for meritorious service as an administrative specialist at Phan Rang AB, Vietnam. Ackermann Is Awarded Bronze Star. (The sheboygan Press, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Monday, October 16, 1967) Air Force Capt. Carl A. Ackermann, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis G. Ackermann of Cedar Grove, has been decorated with the Bronze Star Medal. He received the medal, according to an accompanying citation, for "meritorious service while engaged in military operations" at Phan Rang AB, Vietnam. Capt. Ackermann, an electrical engineer, services Air Force planes. The captain, a 1950 graduate of Cedar Grove High School, attended Sheboygan School of Vocational, Technical and Adult Education and the University of Wisconsin - Whitewater before entering the Air Force. He was commissioned in 1955 upon completion of Officer Candidate School. He received his B.S. degree in 1964 from the University of Maryland. Phan Rang AB News 54, Page 6 Phan Rang AB News ...keeping the memories alive Capt. Ackermann, his wife Gladys and their two sons are now living at Lindsey Air Station in Wiesbaden, Germany. AT PHAN RANG (The Times, San Mateo, Monday, February 19, 1968) WITH U.S. COMBAT AIR FORCES, Vietnam - Airman First Class Ralph R. Robinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace B. Robinson of 2702 Briarfield Avenue, Redwood City, is on duty at Phan Rang AB, Vietnam. Airman Robinson, an aircraft engine mechanic, is a member of the Pacific Air Forces. Before his arrival in Vietnam, he was assigned to Vandenberg AFB, Calif. The Airman, a graduate of San Carlos High School, attended the College of San Mateo. Honors In Air Force For Mulcahey Brothers (Sgt Michael Mulcahey was assigned to Phan Rang AB, Jun 1969-70, 435th MMS, Fragging Crew) Two brothers in the Air Force sons of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Mulcahey, 18 Margaret Ave., Hamiliton, achieved recent honors at separate military bases. Airman First Class Michael C. Mulcahey was selected for the outstanding Airman of the Month Award at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Airman First Class George P. Mulcahey was promoted to rank of sergeant in the U.S. Air Force after serving the last two years as a classified weapons specialist at Hahn Air Base in Germany. His wife, the former Julia Richter, joined him there in November, 1967. Assigned In South Sgt. Mulcahey will return to the United States on Dec. 14 for reassignment to Homestead Air Force Base in Florida. Prior to going to Homestead, he will spend a 30 day leave in Hamilton with his family and friends. Sgt. Mulcahey is a 1965 graduate of Hamilton Catholic High School and enlisted in the Air Force in March, 1966. He completed six weeks basic training at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas and was assigned to an Air Force technical school for training as a classified weapons specialist at Lowery Air Force Base, Denver, Colo. Phan Rang AB News 54, Page 7 Phan Rang AB News ...keeping the memories alive Airman Michael Mulcahey, a 1966 graduate of Hamilton Catholic High School attended Xavier University before enlisting in the Air Force last January. He completed six weeks of basic training at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, and was reassigned to Lowry AFB, for training as a Munitions Specialist at Hill AFB, Utah. Upon completion of his training, he will be assigned as a crew chief. LaBelle Sergeant Arrives At Texas. (The Morning Herald-The evening Standard, Uniontown, Pa., Saturday, August 10, 1968) Sgt. Patrick L. Nichols, son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Nichols, LaBelle, has arrived for duty at Perrin AFB, Tex. Nichols, a materiel specialist, is assigned to a unit of the Aerospace Defense Command. He previously served at Phan Rang AB, Vietnam. (The Pharos Tribune & Press, Logansport, Indiana, Wednesday, Evening, October 21, 1970) U.S. Air Force's..Sgt., Allen D. Hitz, from Medaryville, met U.S. Representative Earl F. Landgrebe (RInd.) during the congressman's" recent visit to Phan, Rang AB, Vietnam, while on a fact-finding tour of Southeast Asia. Sgt. Hitz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hitz, Rt. 1, Medaryvlle, is an aircraft maintenance technician assigned to special operations unit at Phan Rang and helps maintain the unit's AC-119 gunship aircraft. A 1963 graduate of Medaryville High School, he enlisted in the Air Force in 1965. Sgt. and Mrs. Hitz have two children, Robert, four, and David, one. RECEIVES "MEDAL IN VIETNAM NILES (The News - Palladium Benton Harbor, Mich. Thursday, June 19, 1969) —T. Sgt. Richard A. Brown, whose wife, Beverly, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Gentry of Niles, has received the U.S. Air Force Commendation Medal at Phan Rang AB, Vietnam. Brown was decorated for meritorious service a» a maintenance scheduler at Scott AFB, Il. He was cited for his outstanding managerial ability and devotion to duty. He is now at Phan Rang in a unit of the Pacific Air Forces. Oceana Soldier Receives Air Medal At Phan Rang (Beckley Post-Herald, Beckley, W. Va., Wednesday Morning, July 30, 1969) The Air Medal has been received by U. S. Air Force Maj. Charles B. Haskins, son of Mrs. Louise Smith of Oceana, who is assigned to a unit of the Pacific Air Forces at Phan Rang AB, Vietnam. Major Haskins, an F100 Super Sabre pilot, was cited for his outstanding airmanship and courage on successful and important missions under hazardous conditions. Phan Rang AB News 54, Page 8 Phan Rang AB News ...keeping the memories alive The major, a 1954 graduate of Oceana High School, received his commission in 1957 through the aviation cadet program. His wife, Eleanor, is a daughter of Earl Cook of Oceana. (Raleigh Register, Beckley W. Va., Tuesday Afternoon, December 16, 1969) Air Force T. Sgt. James D. Hackworth, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Hackworth. Crab Orchard, has received the Air Medal at Phan Rang AB, Vietnam. Sgt Hackworth, an aircraft maintenance technician, was decorated for his outstanding airmanship and courage on successful and important missions completed under hazardous conditions in support of the Air Force mission in Southeast Asia. The sergeant, a 1950 graduate of Williamson High School, is assigned to Phan Ran with the 311th Special Operations Wing, a unit of the Pacific Air Forces, headquarters for air operations in Southeast Asia, the Far East and the Pacific area. His wife is the former Barbara J. Butler from England. Raleigh Register, Beckley W. Va., Tuesday Afternoon, December 16, 1969) Spec. 5 Chester L. Conn, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer L. Conn, Pemberton received the Army Commendation Medal while assigned to the 687th Engineer Company near Phan Rang, Vietnam. Spec. 5 Conn earned the award for meritorious service as a mechanic in the company. WITH U. S. COMBAT AIR FORCES, Vietnam (The Progress-Aransas Pass, Texas, Wednesday, October 13, 1971) - - Major Howard H. Haskin, son of Mrs. George H. Haskin, Rt. I, Ingleside, has received his second award of the U. S. Air Force Commendation Medal at Phan Rang AB, Vietnam. Major Haskin was decorated for meritorious service as assistant administrator of medical material services of the USAF hospital at Plattsburg AFB, N.Y. He is now at Phan Rang where he serves as a squadron commander. The major is a veteran of World War II. He is a 1945 graduate of Ingleside High School and received a B.B.A. degree in 1955 from the University of Texas. His wife is the former Theresa M. Lewis. (The Tribune, Thursday, May 9, 1968) In South Viet Nam, Sergeant Raymond H. Liston, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond F. Liston of 16863 Bulger avenue. Hazel Crest, a member of the F-100 Phan Rang AB News 54, Page 9 Phan Rang AB News ...keeping the memories alive Super Sabre wing at Phan Rang AB, has been selected as having the best maintenance complex in the U.S. Air Force. SERGEANT LISTON is a security policeman with the combat - proved Tactical Fighter Wing that has been named to receive the 1967 Daedalian Maintenance Trophy. The award is presented annually to the organization chosen as best by the Air Force Chief of Staff on the basis of maintenance effectiveness and efficiency in being operationally ready. The trophy was established by the Order of Daelalians, an organization founded by World War I pilots. Wing personnel earlier won top honors for maintenance proficiency in the U. S. Seventh Air Force in Viet Nam that led to similar recognition throughout the Pacific Air Forces and then Air Force-wide. The Phan Rang flying and maintenance crews and support personnel in diversified areas were cited for their close teamwork in keeping three squadrons of the supersonic jet fighter wing combat - ready around the clock. Sergeant Liston was graduated from Thornton high school. His wife, Kathie, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Schoning of 16939 Lincoln avenue, Hazel Crest. A beautiful panorama of Phan Rang AB taken from a tower at the top of Nui Dat mountain by Christopher Boles. Phan Rang AB News 54, Page 10 Phan Rang AB News ...keeping the memories alive 10,000 Mission (Pacific Stars & Stripes, Friday, November 18, 1967) PHAN RANG, Vietnam (01) —When Maj. James L. Anthony, an F100 Supersabre pilot with the 615th Tactical Fighter Sq. Black Panthers, not only chalked up his 83rd combat mission when he returned to Phan Rang AB from a strike recently — he chalked up the squadrons' 10,000th combat mission. The Magic Bank Account (I received this in an email from Antonio Salazar, 35th SPS, and I just wanted to share it with everyone. You’ve probably seen it before or similar stories but it’s just good to ponder again. The message says the author is not known. It was allegedly found in the billfold of Coach Paul Bear Bryant, Alabama, after he died in 1982.) Imagine that you had won the following *PRIZE* in a contest: Each morning your bank would deposit $86,400 in your private account for your use. However, this prize has rules: The set of rules: 1. Everything that you didn't spend during each day would be taken away from you. 2. You may not simply transfer money into some other account. 3. You may only spend it. 4. Each morning upon awakening, the bank opens your account with another $86,400 for that day. 5. The bank can end the game without warning; at any time it can say,"Game Over!” It can close the account and you will not receive a new one. What would you personally do? You would buy anything and everything you wanted right? Not only for yourself, but for all the people you love and care for. Even for people you don't know, because you couldn't possibly spend it all on yourself, right? You would try to spend every penny, and use it all, because you knew it would be replenished in the morning, right? Phan Rang AB News 54, Page 11 Phan Rang AB News ...keeping the memories alive ACTUALLY, This GAME is REAL .... Shocked ??? YES! Each of us is already a winner of this *PRIZE*. We just can't seem to see it. The PRIZE is *TIME* 1. Each morning we awaken to receive 86,400 seconds as a gift of life. 2. And when we go to sleep at night, any remaining time is Not credited to us. 3. What we haven't used up that day is forever lost. 4. Yesterday is forever gone. 5. Each morning the account is refilled, but the bank can dissolve your account at any time WITHOUT WARNING... SO, what will YOU do with your 86,400 seconds? Those seconds are worth so much more than the same amount in dollars. Think about it and remember to enjoy every second of your life, because time races by so much quicker than you think. So take care of yourself, be happy, love deeply and enjoy life! Here's wishing you a wonderful and beautiful day. Start "spending".... "DON'T COMPLAIN ABOUT GROWING OLD...!" SOME PEOPLE DON'T GET THE PRIVILEGE Phan Rang AB News 54, Page 12 Phan Rang AB News ...keeping the memories alive REUNION OVERSEAS Two former Tupper High classmates enjoyed reminiscing about school days in the home town recently when A/1C Wayne Soucy, left, and Airman James H. Kucipeck got together at Phan Rang Air Base, in the embattled Republic of Vietnam. Airman Soucy is serving with the 352nd TAC Fighter Squadron as a weapons loader. Airman Kucipeck is with the 435th Munitions Maintenance Squadron as a munitions specialist. The sandbagged emplacement behind them is a grim reminder that Vietcong attack is an ever-present threat. James Kucipeck wrote: “...He (Wayne) and I were from the same home town and went to the same high school and were friends. When I joined the AF he was already in Lowry. I bumped into him in the chow hall at Phan Rang. In fact he lived in the hooch right behind me. We served together there for about 2 mos. before he rotated back. He did two tours in Vietnam, Phan Rang and Bein Hoa also made a career of the Air Force. He died a few years ago of cancer because of Agent Orange. This is my small tribute to him as he always carried this picture in his pickup truck and would readily tell everyone who would listen that we served together!” BRAVE WARRIORS, HUMBLE HEROES: A VIETNAM WAR STORY Chris Hansen, son of the author wrote: “..Brave Warriors, Humble Heroes: A Vietnam War Story. A wonderful story told about a great man told by an amazing woman. Mom.....we are all so proud of what you have done and hope people that read your book understand what we all went through, as a nation and as a family.” Marge and her son Chris have also joined “Happy Valley” Phan Rang AB Facebook group. Phan Rang AB News 54, Page 13 Phan Rang AB News ...keeping the memories alive The Homecoming Update (From Phan Rang News 53) Lee Moore, 35th AMS/Auto Pilot shop, added a story that I thought was pretty unique so I thought since I was going to be adding his, but before I do, I would relate a story about my own experience. I was flying home from San Francisco to Minneapolis and sometime during the flight the captain comes on over the intercom thanking any Vietnam returnee for their service that may have been on his flight. I don’t remember his exact words, but I was very touched by them, in fact they actually brought tear to my eyes. I was traveling in civilian clothes and of course no one would have known that I was in the service, except I probably looked the part. At any rate during that period of my life I was a Vietnam denier. What I mean by that is I certainly didn’t advertise the fact that I was in Vietnam, but would say so If asked. It all has to do with not liking to have attention drawn to myself. Now on to Lee’s story. Lee wrote...my friend Ronald Jester, former tech school classmate that l was stationed with for three years and l flew up to Cam Rahn Bay together. l was to catch a freedom bird that day and he the next day. They had a few empty seats on my plane, so he wound up on the same freedom bird as me. At SEATAC, while waiting for our separate flights home, a guy walked up to us and said there was an Army troop on his way home on emergency leave and wasn't able to get his flight home because he was in his jungles fatigues and did not have any Class A's. l couldn't help, but my friend Ron had another set of 1505's in his bag and gave them to him. So at least during his plane ride home this Army guy was an honorary USAF Airman. That is my second best memory of homecoming; of course the best was being picked up by my family in Portland, OR, shortly thereafter. PHAN FARE INDEX, THE WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF PHAN RANG AB, VIETNAM Phan Fare 1967 9 August 1967 23 August 1967 13 September 1967 25 October 1967 13 December 1967 Phan Fare 1968 12 September 1968 26 September 1968 3 October 1968 17 October 1968 24 October 1968 31 October 1968 7 November 1968 14 November 1968 21 November 1968 28 November 1968 Phan Rang AB News 54, Page 14 Phan Fare 1969 2 January 1969 16 January 1969 23 January 1969 30 January 1969 6 February 1969 13 February 1969 20 February 1969 27 February 1969 6 March 1969 5 April 1969 Phan Rang AB News ...keeping the memories alive 5 December 1968 12 December 1968 19 December 1968 26 December 1968 24 April 1969 1 May 1969 22 August 1969 If you have a copy of a Phan Fare not listed here and you would like to share it with us, please contact Doug Severt. Please note that we/I do not want to keep your copy. We/I only want to make a digital record (scan) of it so that it will be available to a larger audience. Phan Rang AB News 54, Page 15
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