482nd F.I.S.:

Bill Gilliam October 1958:
Oceana NAS

A/2C Bill Gilliam
MG-10 radar mechanic
A.F.C.S. support team


Actually, we all called him 'Junior' but both that and 'Bill' are nicknames...his birth name is Jack. He stayed in for 26 years and has turned 65 and retired. We're in touch on the internet and he claims to have gotten big, old, and ugly. I can relate to the last two but my waist is holding at 36.

Bill was in a class behind mine at Lowry AFB but close enough that we knew each other there and bummed around in Denver a bit. I guess he was always layed back (as the photo implies) but I had to put 500 stitches in two pants pockets for being caught in that pose. He's presently living in the southeastern part of Oklahoma which he finds very much to his liking.


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