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Year	Rank/Rate	Last Name	First Name	Hometown	Home State	Remembered by
1940		Akin	Carl		--
1948	LCDR	Connally	Clem	Waco	TX	Email
1951	AE	Harper	Raymond	Baltimore	MD	Email
1957		Akin	Carl		--
1970	AE	Bothel	Mike	Shreveport	LA	Email
1978	AD	Roell	Emil	Apopka	FL
1978	AM	Brewer	David		--
1978	AM	Mcgrew	David	Elloree	SC
1981	SCPO	Batey	Wayne	Blytheville	AR	Email
1986	AT	Bachman	Russel	Beaver Springs	PA
1988	AM	Wallace	Phil	Duluth	MN
1988	AM	Wallace	Phil	Duluth	MN
1989	AE	Allen	Samuel	Houston	TX
1989	LCDR	Nelson	Jill	Bottineau	ND	Email

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