Current Status:  

Missing

Tour of Duty:  

Mid 60's

Designation:  

Artist

Joe was a very talented artist and well liked among his coworkers

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Current Status:  

Missing

Tour of Duty:  

Early 60's

Designation:  

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Don said his main ambition in life was to become a character actor. The perfect age for a character he insisted was 35, so he planned to return to the West Coast and be a beach bum until he reached that age. 

He was from Portland, Oregon.

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Current Status:  

Deceased

Tour of Duty:  

1962 - 1964

Designation:  

Army. Radio & TV

May have worked on the "Cosmo the Crew chief" afternoon show.

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Bill left the Army and went to work with Jack Mulvain at KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh where he had convinced Jack he should go. 

Bill put their first film processor into operation. He had never even seen a film processor but when Jack told him that was the only job open at the time he went to the library, read up on film processing and convinced them that he could do it and he did. 

He later became an outstanding editor but not being one to play the corporate game, left for something more rewarding. Being one who lived life on his terms he eventually went back to free lance announcing and became one of the best in this area. 

He and his son, who owns a recording studio, had joined forces to produce number of award winning radio commercials. He lived about five minutes from Jack  Mulvain in Pittsburgh, PA and was Jack's son's Godfather.

Most recent info:  

Bill Fleming died on Dec 22, 2005.

His Obituary By Joe Fahy, in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Monday, December 26, 2005 follows:

William Alan Fleming / Award-winning radio personality
July 13, 1938 - Dec. 22, 2005

For more than 40 years, Pittsburgh area residents heard the versatile voice of Bill Fleming on radio ads or talk shows, a lake-smooth baritone that could be mellow, commanding or even comical.

In a recent radio spot for Kennywood Park, his voice seethed with intensity. "They emerge at twilight, when the sun sinks low on the horizon and darkness commands the sky," he intoned in the commercial about riding amusement park rides at night.

By contrast, he portrayed an overbearing, neurotic announcer in earlier humorous spots for Iron City beer.

Mr. Fleming, 67, an award-winning announcer and radio personality, died Thursday at his home in Dormont. The cause of death was not immediately available, his family said, though he had congestive heart failure and diabetes and had been depressed since his wife of 43 years, Judith Manion Fleming, died of lung cancer in June.

Mr. Fleming also had a natural talent for other aspects of the business, working at times as a producer or technician in radio and television, family members and friends said.

"Bill loved an audience," said Jack Mulvain, a former technical director for KDKA-TV who met Mr. Fleming in the Army in the early 1960s. "If he had an audience, he could go on forever."

A Pittsburgh native who grew up in Sheraden, William Alan Fleming was born in 1938 to Carolyn N. Fleming and William Alexander Fleming, who worked in the insurance business.

He had an early interest in public speaking, participating in the debate and speech teams at Langley High School and working as a master of ceremonies for student talent shows, said his son, Scot.

Mr. Fleming graduated from high school in 1956, then worked at a radio station in Kittanning before serving in the Army from 1962 to 1964. He served in Panama and worked with others to produce radio and television broadcasts for members of the U.S. armed forces in the region.

"I never met anyone with so many ideas," Mr. Mulvain recalled. "He was very creative."

After they left the Army, Mr. Mulvain said Mr. Fleming persuaded him to come to Pittsburgh, where he landed a job with KDKA. He said Mr. Fleming also got a job at the station, working in film processing even though he lacked experience.

"He went to the library, read some books and convinced the boss he could do it," Mr. Mulvain recalled. "That's how smart he was."

Mr. Fleming also worked off and on as a radio talk show host for KDKA in the 1970s, then was a production manager at Magic 97 FM in the 1980s, his family said.

In later years, he focused mostly on freelance announcing. Most recently, he was perhaps best known for his radio spots, including a humorous commercial involving an announcer who complains about broadcast regulations while opening one Iron City beer after another to celebrate Christmas and other holidays.

In another, he tries to promote the beer while using the wrong script -- one purportedly for "Madame Vanguard's Love and Leather Emporium."

Mr. Fleming "had a voice you couldn't ignore," said Terrence McClusky, who wrote the spots. He said he sought out Mr. Fleming after hearing his ads for the Pittsburgh Maulers, the city's short-lived USFL football team, in the early 1980s.

Mr. Fleming won many awards for his work, including national Silver Microphone awards, local Addy awards and March of Dimes Achievement in Radio awards, his family said. He was an expert in 3D film production and a founding member of a group interested in amateur wide-screen filmmaking. The organization, the American Widescreen Association, named an annual award for audio excellence in his honor, his son said.

Yet "the best part of him was his romance with my mother," said his daughter, Erin Fleming. After her death, "he just couldn't make his life work without her."

Besides his son, of Green Tree, and daughter, of Dormont, Mr. Fleming is survived by a brother, Gordon, of State College, and a grandson.

A calling will be held Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Hershberger-Stover Inc. Funeral Home, Crafton, where a service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association, 61 Broadway, New York, NY 10006.

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Current Status:  

FOUND

Tour of Duty:  

1968 - 1972 & 1974 - 1975

Designation:  

USAF. Radio DJ

Bilingual newscaster Radio and TV

One of the most fluent bilingual broadcaster during his time at SCN. 

Was the voice for the TV and Radio production of "Learn Spanish." 

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After retirement, Pete became a flight attendant on United Airlines flying the Central/South American routes.

Most recent info:  

Currently in Florida still working for United Airlines.

Florida

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No photo available

Current Status:  

FOUND

Tour of Duty:  

Early 60's

Designation:  

Engineer 

A Balboa high school sophomore who used to do engineering for Gunnar Bennett.

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Most recent info:  

Semi-retired and self employed

Living in Sonora, CA. 

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2000

Current Status:  

FOUND

Tour of Duty:  

1964 - 1976

Designation:  

Civilian Program Director

After 12 years in commercial radio and TV in the Pacific Northwest and California, Gerry became Program Director of SCN in 1964. Served 12 years under 10 officers in charge. Both daughters were born at Gorgas. During his tenure, they established the first videotape facilities, color television, live satellite events from the states, and stereo FM service.

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In 1976, Gerry was selected to be first Program Director of the Navy Broadcasting Service in the Pentagon; served six years living in Northern Virginia. 

Appointed Director of Programming for the worldwide Armed Forces Radio and Television Service in Hollywood in 1982. Served 14 years until the AFRTS Broadcast Center was moved to March AFB in 1996. 

Most recent info:  

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Rather than move, elected to retire and continues living in Thousand Oaks, CA with family. Gerry also appears as an extra in several movies such as "Ali" and "Legally Blonde 2" among many others

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Current Status:  

Missing

Tour of Duty:  

64 - 66

Designation:  

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From Arkansas. 

Most recent info:  

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Current Status:  

Missing

Tour of Duty:  

1960's

Designation:  

Skipper Andy

Carl Gentry played Skipper Andy on the "Lilac" with Happy Hoyer as first mate for the SCN Afternoon Show. 

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Current Status:  

FOUND

Tour of Duty:  

July 31, 1964 to June 1966

Designation:  

Army. Announcer, director

Arrived at SCN  after training at the Army Information School. Hosted "Pop Shop," the afternoon rock show, and was the weekend television newscaster, before moving behind the scenes to television production.

Directed the Dance Party show in the mid-60s, the newscasts (directed John Wilson, Tom Kirby and Del Vaughn before he left), the children's program with Nicki the Crew Chief and the late night variety show with Ed Webb and Charlie Pickard.

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After a 2 year tour ended in , Steve drove back to the States up the Pan American Highway.

Most recent info:  

Steve is an Attorney in Los Angeles and is still married to his Canal Zone sweetheart after celebrating their 30 year anniversary.

Los Angeles, CA

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No photo available

Current Status:  

Missing

Tour of Duty:  

63 - 65

Designation:  

USAF. Technician

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Most recent info:  

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Current Status:  

FOUND

Tour of Duty:  

Sept. 1967 to June 1969

Designation:  

US Army. SCN News

Arrived at SCN in Panama on Sept. 1, 1967 as Specialist E-4. Worked as Sports Editor for SCN News from Nov. 1967 to Aug. 1968, promoted to Sergeant E-5 in Feb. 1969 and became Assistant Editor of SCN News. Had duty weekends working in SCN Radio preparing and delivering news reports.

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Graduated from DoD Journalism School at Ft. Benjamin Harrison in Dec. 1966.

Enlisted in the Army June 1966

Departed Army in June of 1969. 

Married Zonian/Panamanian Cynthia Ricord in June 1968.

Most recent info:  

Still married after 31 years, have 3 children.  Works for IBM as Software Account Manager.

Living in Los Banos, California

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Current Status:  

FOUND

Tour of Duty:  

69 - 71 

Designation:  

Army. SCN TV Sports Announcer 

An excellent announcer and good at sports. 

Anchored the 10 o'clock news "Focus" with Don Molino until he left. 

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Originally from Iowa.

NBC Sports Director for NBC in Dallas

Traveled with the Dallas Cowboys

12 years at ABC in Detroit

4 years at ABC in Minneapolis, MN

Has published a story in a best selling book "Chicken soup for the sports fans soul"

Most recent info:  

Currently works for NFL Films and is a Photojournalist for KTSP-TV in Minneapolis, MN and the Vikings.

Minneapolis, MN

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