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1st Lt William J. Dess
Pilot
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Separated
from service Sept. 1947, recalled April 1951
Established Field Maintenance April 1955 in Aviano, Italy
Returned to states June 1958 to Castle Air Force Base, Merced
as Field Maintenance officer.
Transferred to HQ 15th Air Force at Riverside, CA
1964-1966 served as advisor to Republic of Korea Air Force Depot.
1966-68 ti USAF Institue of Techology at Wright Patterson , Fairborn,
OH , as Chief of Maintenance Section .
June 30, 1969 retired as Lt. Col. and returned home to Sacramento,
CA.
After
retiring from the Air Force in 1969, I went to work for Parks
and Recreation of the State of California and later for the Forestry
division. I retired from the State in July 1989.
Family: Married Mary Emily Proctor on August 28, 1944 at Geneva
Army Air Base. We have five children: Jay (1946), Greg (1948),
David (1953), Nancy (1957), and Mark (1962. )
We will celebrate our 60th wedding anniversary this August, 2004.
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William J. Dess can be contacted at: medess@cs.com |
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