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Winfield (Kan.) Daily Courier, Tues., Nov. 10, 2015

Kaiser member of U.S. Navy; Vietnam 1969-70 Naval Air

to San Diego, Calif. by
train, which took two
days. Boot camp was
at Camp Nimitz in San
Diego, which was actually a lot of fun. I learned
about Navy ways and all
the "dos and donts that

By GORDON KAISER
Winfield

I entered the military

Jan. 5, 1967, after I graduated from high school.
I went to Kansas City for
my physical and then on

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you were used to and

how to take orders.
After boot camp I was
sent to NAS North Island
San Diego, just across
the bay from where I had
boot camp. The squadron
I was with was the VS-41
anti-sub squadron that
tracked and destroyed
submarines. I was a plane
captain on a 52-E twin
prop plane. A plane captain's duties were similar
to those of a mechanic
for a car, except for an
airplane. After one year

of North Island I was

transferred to VF-124 F8
crusader training school
on NAS Miramar, where
top gun school for Navy
pilots was located. After
12 weeks of school to
learn a new aircraft, I
was transferred to the
VF-703 reserve squad at
Miramar. I spent one year
at the 703 before being
transferred to VF-51 at
Miramar. The F8-J crusader is a single engine jet
fighter. Its main job was
(SEE: Kaiser, page 21)

King served in the Navy

Dennis King, Atlanta,
entered the United States
Navy on Oct. 26, 1956, and
took his basic training in
San Diego, Calif. He also
had schooling at the Great
Lakes. His first station was
Treasure Island, Calif. before
being transferred to the USS
Neptune, a cable installer
stationed out of Norfolk,
Va. His training was as a oil
fire boiler technician. "It
was becoming a dead art
then," King laughed, "and is
more so now.Nearly everything runs on nuclear power
now." King was discharged
from the service after two
years, 11 months and 28
days as a Seaman Second
Class. Later, King became a
firefighter in Wichita and

Dennis King

also served as the minister

for the Atlanta Christian
Church. He has retired from
both positions. He and his
wife Evelyn have resided in
Atlanta for about 18 years.