Current Status:  

FOUND

Tour of Duty:  

69 - early 70's. 

Designation:  

announcer

News announcer.

NA

Lived in Topeka, KS.

Worked in Providence, RI as a news anchor

Most recent info:  

NA

Ron is currently in Kansas.

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No photo available

Current Status:  

Missing

Tour of Duty:  

1962 - ????

Designation:  

Radio DJ

Hosted the CFN radio program, "Bunkhouse," a weekly music radio program playing country music.

Ken had a very southern, country, accent which blended well with the Bunkhouse theme.

NA

Red head from South Carolina

Most recent info:  

NA

NA

NA

1965

2001

Current Status:  

FOUND

Tour of Duty:  

Oct 1964 - 1967

Designation:  

Army. Radio & TV Anchor

Joined the Army in July 1964 and was assigned to SCN in October 1964. 

Jack was the sports director for SCN radio and host of the Silver Dollar survey show as well as working in the SCN news dept. 

On weeknights, Jack anchored the news and sports on SCN TV as well as hosting Pop Shop.

NA

Originally from Quincy, IL. Started his broadcast career in High School as a DJ for WBBA radio in Pittsfield. 

Jack went to the Southern Illinois University in 1961 where he became a member of the Saluki Broadcasting team. which traveled all over the US covering the Southern Illinois University football and basketball games.

Jack continued his DJ work at SIU by working as a DJ and sportscaster for WCIL radio in Carbondale, IL. 

Jack left the Army in 1967 and planned to work in TV sports in Houston, TX.

He later worked at WDAF-TV in Kansas City

He has been a sports director for KCTV-5 in Kansas City, MO where he recently  took early retirement and went to work for another broadcasting company in the area.

Most recent info:  

Jack is still in Kansas City and active in his broadcasting career. Rumors are that he found Dick Clark's fountain of youth and looks the same as he did when he was in Panama.

Kansas City

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Current Status:  

Missing

Tour of Duty:  

Mid 60's 

Designation:  

USAF Engineer  

Glenn came to SCN as an engineer to maintain the Radio & TV broadcasting equipment in tip top condition.

NA

From Hastings, Nebraska where Glenn was a manager of the Parts and Service Dept of a garage.

After joining the USAF in Jan 1962, attending basic at Lackland AFB in TX, Technical school at Keesler AFB in MS where he learned broadcast engineering and was then assigned to Lowry AFB in CO for a year and a half.

Most recent info:  

NA

NA

NA

Current Status:  

Missing

Tour of Duty:  

Mid 1960's 

Designation:  

Puppeteer for TV afternoon

Puppeteer for Christopher the Kitten, Columbo the pup and the Grinlatz Rock Quartet on the children's afternoon TV program "Nicky the Crew Chief"

NA

NA

Most recent info:  

NA

NA

NA

No photo available

Current Status:  

FOUND

Tour of Duty:  

May 1959 - late 62

Designation:  

OIC & MSGT

When Bill first arrived at CFN, he had such a terrible Texas drawl, CFN wouldn't let him on the air except to do "Bunkhouse Round-up" from 11 to noon each weekday and "Western Swing Party" on Saturday mornings. 

They assigned Bill as the record librarian but he also did some TV production; camera, audio, directing, etc.

Later learned to talk "Mid-American" and did a little bit of everything - even did "Symphony Hall" a few times.

Dee Trantor and Bill (Bee and Dee) did a Saturday morning show called "Music Mania." It was a Bob and Ray type production with short skits mixed in with off-beat music. They may not have had a lot of listeners but they sure had a lot of fun and often recruited other staff members to help out.

NA

After leaving CFN, Bill was assigned to First Army Recruiting District Headquarters at Ft. Meade, Md. They produced public service announcements and programs for area radio stations. Bill was assigned to produce a C&W program but before they could get it off the ground a Maj. Malone (WAC) walked into the studio one morning and saw Bill reading a copy of "Billboard." She decided that if he had nothing better to do than "sit around and read magazines," they must not need him much. He spent the rest of his time there in the message
center.

Bill put on his civvies and worked for several radio stations in West and North Texas, got married, and re-enlisted after a couple of years. Served as Press Chief with the Air Defense Command Information Office at Ft. Bliss, Tx. Took an early out and re-upped again so he could attend the Defense Language Institute to learn Vietnamese. Had a car wreck en route to Ft. Meyer and missed the class. 

Spent a while at Ft. Carson, Colo., first with the Public Information Office and then as Battalion clerk with an Infantry unit preparing for Vietnam. Before they were sent to 'Nam, he received orders to Alaska with the Fort Richardson Information Office. They were overstaffed
and he managed to get transferred to Alaskan Forces Radio Network at Elmendorf AFB. He was assigned to the news department and later became news director.

When it became apparent that the war in Vietnam was being run by politicians instead of the military, he took an early out and attended the University of Alaska, Anchorage for a year, then worked for several radio stations in Anchorage including KYAK where he did the midnight-to-six d.j. shift and did some news reporting and production. 

He was also news director at KJZZ-FM for awhile. After spending a few months on the North Slope while they were preparing to build the Alaska pipeline, he went to work selling advertising for the Anchorage Times and Daily News.

Returned to Texas in 1975 and worked in various capacities - reporter, editor, sales, production, managing editor, etc. - with small-market newspapers where he  met his second wife.

Most recent info:  

Bill is now semi-retired and living in Weatherford, Texas, just west of the
Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex - not far from where he was "born and reared"   

Weatherford, Texas

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Current Status:  

Deceased

Tour of Duty:  

1968 - 1969

Designation:  

Radio & TV News anchor. 

Very versatile and talented anchor.

NA

Became a well-known TV newsman at WMAQ Chicago. 

Paul had been a reporter at WBBM, NBC channel 5 in Chicago for some 15 years at the time of his death and was especially well known for his investigative reporting which was often aired on national news broadcasts.

Most recent info:  

He died of a heart attack at the age of 48 on January 31, 1993. Paul's wife, Kris Kridel is currently an announcer on WBBM Radio in Chicago. Their son Michael is 21 and their daughter Katie is 19 (2008).

Chicago

NA

Current Status:  

Deceased

Tour of Duty:  

1950's ? - 1971

Designation:  

ASPCA  representative

Kathy (O'Connor) Holcomb was the ASPCA representative who brought dozens of homeless pets to the SCN afternoon show for adoption. 

NA

Her husband Clint died in 1971. Kathy and her son Vince returned to the US shortly afterward. 

Most recent info:  

Kathy died in Oregon in Nov 1984 at the age of 60. Kathy opened her home to many SCN staff and crew while she was in the Canal Zone. She is fondly remembered by all who knew her.

She is survived by her son Vince (Holcomb) O'Connor who is currently living in southern California. Vince recently married to a Canal Zone sweetheart. Vince adopted his mothers maiden name in honor of her memory.

Oregon 

NA

Current Status:  

Missing

Tour of Duty:  

69 - Early 70's 

Designation:  

TV 

NA

NA

NA

Most recent info:  

NA

NA

NA

Happy Hoyer

1999

Current Status:  

FOUND

Tour of Duty:  

Late 60's

Designation:  

Army. Happy Hoyer TV afternoon program

Hosted the Afternoon Show as "Happy Hoyer." Appeared with Skipper Andy as 1st mate.

NA

NA

Most recent info:  

Is now a Roman Catholic priest at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs church in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Fort Lauderdale, FL

NA

Current Status:  

Missing

Tour of Duty:  

Early 1960's

Designation:  

TV Production 

NA

NA

May have been from Kansas.

Most recent info:  

NA

NA

NA

Current Status:  

FOUND

Tour of Duty:  

Feb'68 through April '69

Designation:  

Principal producer/director of all TV programming

From Happy Hoyer's show to the first-ever satellite telecast (Nixon's inauguration). 

Lived on Calle 51 in Panama City with, among others, Pat & Gary Parks and Birdie Num Num.

Medevac'd to Walter Reed for a back injury, courtesy of the new Sgt Major (!) - still has back problems. 

NA

Most recent info:  

Created A&E Network, now runs own executive search firm and lives in Manhattan - very happily.

Manhattan

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Current Status:  

Missing

Tour of Duty:  

late 60's - early 70's

Designation:  

Camera technician

Operated camera for the news.

Wife used to sit and knit in the studio while he worked.

NA

Most recent info:  

NA

NA

NA

Current Status:  

FOUND

Tour of Duty:  

60 - 62

Designation:  

USN 58-62. Journalist 2nd Class

Continuity, radio DJ, TV local news, film production.

Was proficient in several languages. 

His father owned the Far East Film News and his mother worked with some security agency in D.C. where her duty was to decipher garbled Russian code. 

After CFN, Gabe worked DJ-News, WHMC & WINX radio stations, Montgomery County, MD, and WAVA "All News," Arlington, VA. 

Went into print journalism after University of Maryland studies as associate editor, Navy Times, and into daily newspapers as reporter, Alexandria (VA) Gazette and Waynesburg (PA) Democrat-Messenger. Editor, Canonsburg (PA) Notes. Beat reporter-columnist for 24 years with Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette until retirement in 1992.

Most recent info:  

Currently running small commercial print-publishing and Web-development business in Center Twp., Beaver County, PA, northwest of Pittsburgh.

Center Twp., Beaver County, PA

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Current Status:  

Missing

Tour of Duty:  

Early 60's

Designation:  

Sports

A real pro

Drove a vintage MG and had a sign on his desk which read in effect, "The military knows not what the military is doing. " Shades of Lonesome Dove," the sign was in Latin and apparently none of the brass ever bothered to translate it.

NA

Most recent info:  

NA

NA

NA

Current Status:  

Missing

Tour of Duty:  

December 1964 - 1967?

Designation:  

USAF. Commanding Officer & News Director of SCN

He was commissioned as an officer in the USAF in December 1964 and was assigned directly to SCN.

At SCN, he was News Director and responsible for all Radio and TV news broadcasts. 

He supervised the flow of news from 5 wire services, news films and photos to SCN and the Newspaper where he was also the editor.

While at SCN, he reported directly to the Public Affairs Office, USSOUTHCOM who provided guidance and direction.

He and his wife Vanessa as well as their infant daughter, Tracy Karen, lived on Howard AFB while he was working at SCN.

Graduated from Rutgers University with a BA in Journalism where as a scholar, he wrote a book on the German Press.

Peter intended to become a career information officer.

Most recent info:  

NA

They considered East Meadow, NY as their permanent home.

NA

Current Status:  

Missing

Tour of Duty:  

Mid 1960's

Designation:  

NA

NA

NA

NA

Most recent info:  

NA

NA

NA

Current Status:  

FOUND

Tour of Duty:  

Nov 68 - July 70

Designation:  

Army. Assigned to SCN engineering dept.

Engineer

Jim's wife was Lolly Pop Sue on the Lilac with Skipper Andy and Happy Hoyer.

NA

Most recent info:  

Has been working for NCR over 35 years and living in Mason City, IA with his wife, Sue.   

Mason City, IA

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No photo available

Current Status:  

FOUND

Tour of Duty:  

Nov 68 - July 70

Designation:  

Lollipop Sue

Was Lolly Pop Sue on the Skipper Andy and Happy Hoyer afternoon Show at SCN.

Married to Jim Joynt in SCN Engineering

NA

Most recent info:  

NA

Living in Mason City, IA with her husband, Jim.

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