[Richard A. Wolf]

Dear Mr. Olynyk:
I greatly appreciate the time and effort you put in to help me find some people that may have served with my father during WW II. I have talk to some of them but I was hoping that there might be more. After my dad past away in April of 1997 I was going through his personal effects and came upon a number of boxes that contained his WW II memerabilia. I felt alot like James Brady (Flags of Our Fathers) when I began to go through it. Like many WW II veterans my father rarely talked about the war. I knew he was in the AVG and in the Navy but I never knew more than that. For some reason I never asked. Like a lot of kids I was more interested in me than my folks. When I started to organize his memorabilia I was amazed at the accomblishments of this individual. I felt that he had quite an impressive career, both military & civilian. Because of this I have been on a quest to honor my father and the contributions he made to aviation in the state of Wisconsin and the nation. A lot of WW II vets are great promoters of themselves but my dad wasn't that type of guy. So I have taken upon myself to do it for him. The first big challenge I had was to get a bill past in our state government to get a building name after him. That took a number of years and a lot of time and effort. Now there is a building at the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, Wisconsin named after him. My second big challenge is to get him inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame. Only time will tell on this. If you would like to find out more about him you can go to www.flyingtigersavge.com - go to bio's, 1st squadron. www.aviationhalloffamewisconsin.com - click on hall of fame at the top of the pape. You can also go to the USS Yorktown Association website. Click down to WW II - Lt. Commander Fritz Wolf !st Squadron Cammander of VBF-3. He also is in the DFC book that just came out and on their website. `I also have a 3 ring binder that I have made up which I have sent to a number of people to give them a better understanding of what my dad was like.

Once again, thanks very much for your assistance!

Rick Wolf