Frederick Randall:  

After graduating from Dondero, I worked as a draftsman at JoHan Models in Detroit and Precision Engineering in Birmingham. In Sept. '65, with the possibility of being drafted into the Army growing stronger every day, I enlisted in the Air Force. (The "Greetings, Neighbor" letter telling me to report for my draft physical arrived at my house a few hours after I had left for induction into the Air Force--how's that for timing?). As of 1 Jan. '90; after 24 years, three months, and nine days of service (that's what my retirement order says); I retired from the Air Force in the rank of Senior Master Sergeant (E-8). I, my Wife Mary, and our two children (Robert and Jennifer) settled in Rantoul, Ill., adjacent to my last duty station, Chanute AFB. (Rantoul is 14 miles NNE of Champaign-Urbana and the Univ. of Illinois, home of the "Fighting Illini.") During my USAF career I was -- an ATC Radar Specialist at McGuire AFB, N.J. and Phu Cat AB, Vietnam -- a Training Manager/Supervisor at Williams AFB, Ariz.; Tainan AB, Taiwan (ROC); Peterson AFB and Ent AFB, Colo.; and the AF Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. -- a Computer Operations Specialist in the NORAD Cheyenne Mountain Combat Operations Center at Colorado Springs, Colo. -- a Faculty Development Instructor at Keesler Technical Training Center, Keelser AFB, Miss. -- a Manpower Management Technician/Superintendent at Keesler AFB, Miss.; Anderson AFB, Guam; and Chanute AFB, Ill. -- awarded the Air Force Meritorious Service Medal twice and the Air Force Commendation Medal three times. Along the ...Expand for more