HVPR
Members Who Served
HVPR
Members Who Served
This page is dedicated to the many members of our club that served, or are currently serving, in the US Armed Forces.
We thank them for their patriotism and courage in the service to this great nation !
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Dale A. Bray, (SP5, USA) Drafted - January 1968 - June 1968 - Basic training at Fort Knox, TN, and Ft. Leonard Wood, MO. June 3, 1968 - June 3, 1969 - Vietnam. Served in a transportation company as a legal administrator for Headquarters (because I knew what a typewriter was and I had one year of college). As a legal administrator I traveled all over lower South Vietnam taking testimony for Summary and Courts Martials. I was promoted to SP5 during this tour. June 3, 1969 - December, 1969, Assigned to Fort Dix, NJ a served as the G3 COL's driver.
Otis Howard Hodnett, Jr. (T/4, USA) 18 June 1945 to 22 November 1946 Proudly served during this period at Fort Knox, KY in the Armor Branch.
MAJ Richard C. Tarr (USA, Ret.) 1964-66 - Fort Sill, OK (Field Artillery Officer) 1966-67 - 173d Airborne Brigade, Vietnam (Helicopter Pilot) 1967-68 - Fort Rucker, AL (Instrument Flight Instructor) 1969-70 - Aviation Test Board (Test Pilot) 1971-72 - 101st Airborne Div, Vietnam (Company Cdr, Bn S1) 1972-73 - Many career related schools 1975-79 - Avn Eng Flight Test Activity, Edwards AFB, CA (Experimental Test Pilot, YAH-1S Cobra & YAH-64A Apache, & numerous other R/W & F/W aircraft) 1979-80 - CO, 352d Aviation Co, 193d Infantry Brigade, Panama 1981-82 - XO, HQ Command, 193d Infantry Brigade, Panama 1982-1985 - Avn Tech Lab (now AATD), Fort Eustis, VA (Eng. Test Pilot)
LTC
Solon S. Economou (USA, Ret.)
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Chief Petty Officer Timothy W. Buris, (USN, Ret) November 1986 to present - served in a variety of aviation electronics related assignments in Jacksonville, FL, NAS Lemore, CA, NAS Oceana, VA, and on the USS Forrestal (CV-59), the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), and the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75). CPO Buris returned from service aboard the USS Enterprise (CVN-65), and was stationed at the Norfolk Navy Base. CPO Buris was HVPR's only active duty service member, and recently retired active duty on November 13, 2008.
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COL Ivan "Rex" Frey (USAF, Ret) 1943 - AAFCTD 1944 - AFFS Pilot Training 1950 - Weather Officer Course 1962 - Ground Maint Mgt Course 1968 - Air War College, COIN Indoc Crse, Adv Flight Trng C-7A, Survival Trng Crse, & PACAF Jungle Survival School Rex served at numerous duty stations throughout his career in several important positions. He served over 9 years in foreign duty assignments, including a tour of duty in Vietnam. He retired from Langley AFB in 1973. |
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David Westenberger Mr. Westenberger served in the Marine Corp from 1960 to 1964. He attended the Officers Candidate School, taking the Platoon Leaders Class, as well as Air Traffic Control Tower/Radar/GCA instruction. He then went on to serve with the 1st Marine Brigade - MATCU 62/3, in Kanehoe Bay, Hawaii. |
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HVPR member LTC Solon S. Economou (USA, Ret) has his own website which you can check out by clicking this link: http://www.solonicus.com. He also writes a column for the "Cape Cod Times", sometimes featuring articles dedicated to service members. His column in the "Times" is updated every two weeks. Here's the link:
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/edits/economou.htm
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