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Bulletins
Veteran's
Health care Note
Countless
veterans are currently suffering from life-threatening illnesses
that are a result of exposure to asbestos, a material that was
commonly used in hundreds of military applications, products,
and ships primarily because of its resistance to fire. The
Mesothelioma Center provides a complete list of occupations,
ships, and shipyards that could have put our Veterans at risk
for developing asbestos-related diseases. In addition, they
have thousands of articles regarding asbestos and mesothelioma
and they've even created a veterans-specific section on their
website in order to help inform them about the dangers of asbestos
exposure. Even if you've never served aboard a ship, we
thought it would be worth your time to check out their website
(
www.asbestos.com ), now
listed on our Links page.
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307th
Bomb Wing History Book Moves Forward
June
2010 Status
Just
as our 2010 Dayton Reunioon was finishing up, Author Mike Hill
received a contract from Schiffer MIlitary Publications for the
publishing of our 307th BW History. Much work remains to
be done by the publisher in formatting andsetup of photos and
illustrations with the result the schedule has it scheduled for
rollout 30 June 2011.
March
2010 Status
Getting
Closer! Mike's manusript has been finished and edited by
our staff of experts, with considerable help on fact checking
from you. The photos and illustrations have been lined up
and selected. Mike expects to send the package to the publisher
soon.
October
2009 Status
The
body of the history has been completed, edited and proof read.
Mike is currently busy sorting out the many photos and other illustration
and deciding their proper placement. Mike has had some diversions
to get fixes for both computer and vision problems, but things
look hopefule to get back on track soon.
April
2009 Status
The
draft is now complete and is going through touchup editing.
Mike Hill now faces the daunting task of deciding what photos
and illustrations to include and how to place them...then, it's
off to the publisher. A little background on Mike and his
experience below.
Michael
Hill, a LAFB SAC BRAT from 1958 to 1965, is proceeding with writing
of the story of the 307th BW during it’s Lincoln lifetime.
His dad, Sedge, served with the wing in several areas during that
period. His memory of growing up at LAFB and its people is vivid
and his objective is that those hectic days of serving with SAC
should be preserved for future generations.
Possessing a proven author’s track record, over the last
15 years he has had the honor of having seven books published
by Schiffer Publishing of Atglen PA. They are one of the foremost
publishers of military history in the United States. The titles
include Black Sunday-Ploesti, Peace Was Their Profession and Role
Call,Thud. His dad and he also did a history of the 451st Bomb
Group called The Fightin 451st. Later came a rewrite of the book
for Schiffer Publishing and then a history of the 464th BG in
World War 2.
With a background of published books behind him, he knows how
much work goes into a project like this. It is not a thing to
undertake without a lot of prior planning, research and thought
before sitting down at the computer and hitting the keys.
Mike also plans to include a listing of the B-47 and KC-97 tailnumbers
and what happened to the aircraft.
Contact Mike Hill at1405 8th ST SW, Minot ND 58701. Or email Mike
at mikendaf@srt.com
Mike Hill
1405 8th St SW
Minot, ND 58701
1-(701) 838-9288
mikendaf@srt.com
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We've Had Reunions
Lincoln 1986
Tucson 1986
Both of the
above were organized independently of the other and were
attended mostly by those living in the local area.
Our first nation wide reunion was in 1988 and resulted
in the formation of our Association.
Las Vegas 1988
Lincoln 1990
Orlando 1992
Seattle 1994
Dayton 1996
Colorado Springs
1998
Lincoln 2000
Fort Worth 2001
Las Vegas 2004
Charleston 2006
Branson 2008
Dayton 2010 |
The
370th Bomb Squadron lives on...
On 24 September
2001 the 370th was reactivated as the 370th Flight Test
Squadron and became an Air Reserve unit on 1 October 2001.
It is assigned to the 452nd Operations Group at Edwards
AFB.
This was discovered
by Douglas Matthews who is the son of David Matthews,
a member of the 370th BS in World War II. |
307th
Memories DVD Production
R. T. Boykin, Jr. has volunteered to assemble and make
a 307th memories DVD. He needs copies of photos, videos,
audios etc. taken during the time 307th was based at
Lincoln. He is looking for any and all activities –
photos taken at work, play, unit functions, reflex,
and alert, anything that will help tell the total story
of the 307th at Lincoln.
The DVD will be a combination of video clips and photos.
With each photo and video please include information
in writing or on cassette audio that explains the situation
and include information such as date, unit, names of
people & places.
Please send anything that you think will help make the
DVD entertaining and interesting. Should you send something
you want returned, please so state, and it will be copied
and returned.
While we have official histories of the 307th, this
DVD is to reveal the human and humorous side while stationed
at Lincoln. A photo or video taken at work, the club,
Parker’s Steak House, Gold’s, downtown main
street, your neighborhood, base housing block party,
Halloween, Christmas, Little League, etc., etc.
You can send your contributions via US Postal mail or
that new fandangle email.
Postal to: R. T. Boykin, Jr.; 832 Shady Glen Ln.; Bedford.
TX 76021-4335 or email at dru_rt92@sbcglobal.net.
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