On the Front line; grads in uniform
First Lt. Robert W. Johnson of Osawatomie has been decorated with the U.S. Air Force Commendation Medal at McChord AFB, Washington, D.C.
Lt. Johnson received his B.S. degree at KU, where he was commissioned upon completion of the Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps (AFROTC) program.
He received the medal for meritorious service as a planning and programming officer at Clark Air Base, Philippines.
Lt. Johnson has flown 172 combat missions and has been decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with eight oak leaf clusters, and the Purple Heart.
Gets Air Medal
A KU graduate with a B.S. degree in accounting has been decorated with the U.S. Air Force's Air Medal at Tachikawa Air Base, Japan.
First Lt. Richard C. Dillenbeck, a navigator from Colorado Springs, Colo., received the medal for meritorious achievement during military flights while assigned to duty at Tachikawa.
He is a member of the Military Airlift Command which operates a global airlift system for U.S. forces.
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To Asia
Capt. Richard L. Kline, a 1962 KU graduate from Wheatridge, Colo., is now on duty with the 4258th Strategic Wing of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) at a forward base in the Western Pacific.
Capt. Kline helps provide direct support for U.S. Air Force operations in Southeast Asia. He flies daily with KC-135 Strato Tanker aircrews which provide aerial refueling to tighter-bomber and reconnaissance aircraft in the air war over Vietnam.
Capt. Kline received his B.S. degree in journalism at the William Allen White School of Journalism.
Medal Winner
Air Force 1st Lt. Richard E. Durrett, a 1963 KU graduate from Prairie Village, has been awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal.
Lt. Durrett was presented the medal at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, where he is student at the Air Force Institute of Technology. He received the award for work in modifying control systems and operational procedures which aided in improved safety on the C-135 aircraft.
Daily Kansan Wednesday, February 8, 1967
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