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Re: Major Royal E. Koons USAF
Found a bit more about Royal Koons.
He is born in Kansas on Dec.7, 1921.
He enlists in the Army Medical Corps on July 25, 1942.
Unfortunately that's where it ends for me. I assume he was commissioned in WW2 (he was a Major by 1951, so that seems possible).
When he went into flight training is pure conjecture on my part but I assume in the latter years of WW2. The claim on his headstone is that he was a highly decorated veteran of WW2 and that his medals are a DFC, BSM, AM and 5 OLC and the KSM.
The DFC, Bronze Star and Air Medals do appear remarkable if his entire active military service is confined to Korea May '51-Mar '52. Especially when he claims no aerial victories in this period but according to Clark the USAF were very "medal-hungry" during this period.
Any comments gratefully received.
Keith
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