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.

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. 

Alfred (Al) C. Crane, Jr. LtCol USAF (Ret)

1957-1961 Civil Air Patrol, Teterboro Squadron ,NJ -Ground Rescue Unit
1961-1965 The Citadel, Military College of SC (Degree in Physics)
1965-1966 Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Edwards AFB, CA
1966-1967 Tan Son Nhut AB, Phu Cat AB South VietNam (Awarded Bronze Star)
1967-1971 Air Force Special Projects Production Facility, Westover AFB, MA
(Chief Quality Control for National Photo Reconnaissance Programs)
1971-1976 Air Staff, The Pentagon, Wash, DC (Staff Photo/Intel)
1976-1979 HQ United States Air Forces In Europe (Chief Reconnaissance Production)
1979-1983 Griffiss AFB, NY Rome Air Development Center (Intelligence Systems Acquisition Management Officer)
1983-1984 Osan AB South Korea, Chief Air Component Intelligence Collections Manager
1984-1987 Langley AFB, VA, HQ Tactical Air Command, Chief Intelligence Systems Division

 

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.

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.

                  No USCG members