VETERANS DAY OBSERVED

BY A VET OF THE ALMOST-FORGOTTEN KOREAN WAR

Portrait of Air Force Private Larry L. Meyer, Fall of 1951.

Portrait of Air Force Private Larry L. Meyer, Fall of 1951.

Decided to observe Veterans Day by remembering my own service for the first time.  (At my age, you never know if you’ll get another chance.)  Served in the United States Air Force from September 25, 1951, to June 8, 1956, as a rawinsonde operator in the Air Weather Service, providing hard data to forecasters.

Duty Stations: Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, for basic training; Chanute AFB in Rantoul, Illinois, for weather school; rawinsonde operator at Komaki AFB in Nagoya, Japan; weather records checker at FEAF (Far East Air Force) Headquarters, Tokyo, Japan; rawinsonde operator at Eglin AFB, Fort Walton Beach, Florida; rawinsonde operator at Wheelus Field, Tripoli, Libya; rawinsonde instructor for NATO at Lages Field, Azores (Portugal); temporary duty at Rhein-main Air Base, Frankfurt, Germany; rawinsonde instructor for NATO at Mikra Air Base, Salonika, Greece.

Honorably discharged at Manhattan Beach, New York with the lowly rank of Airman First Class.

Oh to be young and thin again!