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The Text Of The Memorial Plaque
Dedicated And Placed July 14, 1999

Texas Tower #4 "Old Shaky"
15 January 61


"Lest We Forget"

THE COST OF FREEDOM IS VERY HIGH
28 MEN ON BOARD
U.S. AIR FORCE, TEXAS TOWER # 4
PAID FOR OUR FREEDOM WITH THEIR LIVES
15 JANUARY 1961
WE THEIR FAMILIES, FRIENDS AND CO-WORKERS
WILL NEVER FORGET

IN MEMORIAM

MR. DAVID W. ABBOTT
MR. VINCENT G. BROWN
MR. SAMUEL BUCCHERI
MR. CHESTER J. CUDNIK
MR. THOMAS J. EVANS
MR. ARAM HAROUTUNIAN
MR. ARSEN S. HAROUTUNIAN*^
MR. WILLIAM C. IDE
MR.  MILTON D. LEO
MR. RAYMOND D. MARTELL
MR. ANTHONY OPALKA
MR. EDWARD T. ROBERTSON
MR. HENRY SCHUTZ
MR. WILLIAM SMYTHE
MR. VINCENT A. YAVOROSKI
CAPTAIN GORDON T. PHELAN
CAPTAIN LEWIS V. BARKER**
C.W.O. OWEN L. MORGAN**
M/SGT. ROALD BAKKE^
M/SGT. TROY F. WILLIAMS^
T/SGT. BISHOP O. FOSTER
T/SGT. DONALD R. WAIT
S/SGT. KENNETH H. GREEN
S/SGT. WILBUR L. KOVARICK
S/SGT. HARRY M. SHAFFER
S/SGT. JOHN R. BRADSTREET***
A/1C. WILLIAM E. KRAUSE
A/1C. LARRY V. WOOLFORD
A/2C. DOMENIC V. GIURASTANTE
A/2C. LELAND H. JONES
A/2C. LOUIS M. LAINO
A/2C. DAVID K. PARKER
    *KILLED TT#2-16 AUG 55
  **KILLED TT#2-24 NOV 59
***LOST AT SEA TT#3-6 MAR 59
    ^NOT LOST AT SEA


DEDICATED 14 JULY 1999


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