Bill Crawford  MSgt  Ret 

19 May 55 - 12 Aug 55  Sampson AFB Geneva NY  Basic Training

Aug 55 - Dec 55  Gary, San Marcos, TX  Chopper school  (H-19)

Dec 55 - Oct 56   Gary. San Marcos TX   (H-13 Flight line)

Oct 56 - Oct 58  Reese, Lubbock TX  (B-25 Prop Shop,B-25 Flight line, H-19A / H-21A)

Oct  58 - Oct 60  Misawa Japan 6139th Ops Sq  (H-19B) TDY AST 7 Photo mapping Clark, PI / Borneo / Taiwan / Okinawa & everywhere in between on board the LST ships (H-19B)

Oct 60 - Oct 63  Offutt, Omaha, NB  3902nd OMS (T-33 / H-43B / H-19B) Missile support

Oct 63 - Jul 65  Tachikawa, Japan  6100 Ops Sq  (H-19B)

TDY  60 days, 1964 Thailand, Bangkok, Khorat, Takli, Phitsanulok (H-19B) installing communication sites.

Jul 65- Dec 66 Tyndall, Panama City FL  4756 FMS (CH-3C / H-21B) Drone Recovery

TDY 1966 Sheppard H-3 school / Airborne firefighter school Burned in H-43 Crash Grandfield OK, 28 days in hospital at Sheppard

Feb 67 - Feb 68 Binh Thuy, Can Tho Vietnam  Det 10 38th ARRS (HH-43F) Rescue

Mar 68 - Jul 69 Forbes, Topeka KS  1371 Mapping & Charting Sq (CH-3E)  Support ground stations, measuring gravity, fog dispersal, & many other crazy things.

TDY Brazil AST 10, flew 3 H-3’s from Forbes to Brasilia Brazil, & all over the US

Dec 68 -Mar 69 Danang Vietnam, 37th ARRS (HH-3E)

Jul 69 - Apr 70  NKP  21st SOS  (CH-3E)  Sneaky Stuff

May 70 - Dec 71  Forbes, Topeka KS  1371st MCS (CH-3E) Same old stuff, TDY Back to Brazil & all over the US again

Jan 72 - Jan 73  Keflavik, Iceland  Det 14  40th ARRWg  (HH-3E)   Rescue

Feb 73 - Apr 75  Hill, Ogden, UT   1551 FTS  (CH/HH-3E)   Training

1 Jun 75  Retired to Naples FL. 20 years 12 days & 3 or 4 hours but who was counting.