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<br /> r<br /> b<br /> a<br /> e<br /> t<br /> l<br /> i<br /> e<br /> n<br /> c<br /> g<br /> Heroes Around Us | 2022 | Volume 49 | Number 8<br /> THE HEROES AROUND US<br /> EDITOR<br /> Leah Block<br /> CORRESPONDENTS<br /> Libby Belcher<br /> Hank Coates<br /> Mark S. Colman<br /> Sarah Nash<br /> ART<br /> Farrah Underwood, Designer<br /> PRINTER<br /> Knight Abbey<br /> COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE<br /> Physical Address:<br /> CAF National Headquarters<br /> 5661 Mariner Dr. Dallas, TX 75237<br /> Mailing Address:<br /> CAF National Headquarters<br /> P.O. Box 764769 Dallas, TX 75376<br /> (877) 767-7175<br /> info@cafhq.org<br /> www.CommmemorativeAirForce.org<br /> THE DISPATCH<br /> DIGITAL DISPATCH<br /> This and past issues of The Dispatch are available on the “Members<br /> Only” section of the Commemorative Air Force website.<br /> ©2022 by the Commemorative Air Force. All rights reserved. No part<br /> of this periodical may be reproduce<a title="Digital Dispatch, August 2022 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/94f3e878?page=1"> r b a e t l i e n c g Heroes Around Us</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, August 2022 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/94f3e878?page=2"> EDITOR Leah Block CORRESPONDENTS Libby Belcher H</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, August 2022 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/94f3e878?page=3"> CONTENTS COLUMNS FEATURES 46 FLI</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, August 2022 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/94f3e878?page=4"> He CA nry “Hank” Coates F President/CEO FLIGHT</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, August 2022 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/94f3e878?page=5"> OFFICIAL MERCHANDISE OF THE COMMEMORATIVE AIR FOR</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, August 2022 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/94f3e878?page=6"> 6 THE MOSQUITO A VETERAN’S STORY By Sarah Nash,</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, August 2022 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/94f3e878?page=7"> an officer said, “we need volunteers to fly Beauf</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, August 2022 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/94f3e878?page=8"> 8 You can read more about this story in the Book</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, August 2022 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/94f3e878?page=9"> PHOTO FROM SHUTTERSTOCK explained that they all </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, August 2022 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/94f3e878?page=10"> 10 Overall, Curtis and Turner flew over 70 missi</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, August 2022 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/94f3e878?page=11"> Collecting aircraft for 65 years, the CAF now </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, August 2022 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/94f3e878?page=12"> 12 U.S. VETERANS WWII · KOREA · VIETNAM Looking</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, August 2022 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/94f3e878?page=13"> Surviving Veteran Population </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, August 2022 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/94f3e878?page=14"> FROM THE WEEDS TO THE SKIES LEGEND OF THE FER</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, August 2022 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/94f3e878?page=15"> “These airplanes are living history. It’s one thi</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, August 2022 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/94f3e878?page=16"> The arrival of the Hellcat in Fergus Falls made f</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, August 2022 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/94f3e878?page=17"> Lon Magdich sits on the wing of the CAF’s Hellcat</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, August 2022 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/94f3e878?page=18"> 18 SIX VETERAN ORGANIZATIONS </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, August 2022 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/94f3e878?page=19"> VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS PHOTOS FROM FACEBOOK CO</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, August 2022 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/94f3e878?page=20"> 1971 Yearbook photo of the Oxon Hill High School </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, August 2022 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/94f3e878?page=21"> Lieutenant Pavlakis in 1942 shortly after receivi</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, August 2022 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/94f3e878?page=22"> One day he came across an article about a newly f</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, August 2022 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/94f3e878?page=23"> GONE WEST As of June 2022 Lou Ramsey . . . . . .</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, August 2022 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/94f3e878?page=24"> 24 HEROES AROUND US</a>