William Welser, Jr. joined the Navy in in 1942 and left in 1948. He then joined the Reserves and was recalled in 1950 for the Korean War. During World War II he served as a Gunner on a torpedo plane in the Pacific. He fought in the Battle of Okinawa and his ship, the Natoma Bay, was was hit by the last kamikaze attack on a USN carrier in the war.
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This month we remember Phil Keith who passed away March 10, 2021. We got to know Phil while interviewing him in 2019. After doing our initial interview we invited Phil to participate in our SiriusXM special hosted by Alec Baldwin. Phil was not only a decorated Vietnam veteran, but a talented published writer and a wonderful man. He will be missed.
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Winston Elliott Scott served as a Naval pilot and flew helicopters and navy planes. Scott was selected by NASA in March 1992, and reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1992. He served as a mission specialist on STS-72 in 1996 and STS-87 in 1997, and logged a total of 24 days, 14 hours and 34 minutes in space.
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When he was 12 years old, Art Culver started to make models of airplanes and fell in love with flying. He applied to both the Air Force and Navy after he got out of school and was accepted by both. He picked the Navy because he wanted to serve on a carrier and he says he liked the uniform. He did over a hundred combat missions in Vietnam before leaving the Navy and then taking a job with American Airlines as a pilot.
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Dr. Van Roger Tibbetts served as a dentist in the U.S. Navy from 1957-1981. Dr. Tibbetts served aboard the USS Bennington and the USS Kearsarge as well as serving in Da Nang, Vietnam.
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