M/SGT. CHARLES LEONARD FALK GUSTAFSON (2)
GUSTAFSON, FOSTER
Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 5/6/2012 at 20:59:02
The Afterburner
U.S. Air Force, Vol. X No. 25
July 01, 1959AIR MEDAL TO SERGEANT
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER _ Lt. Col. Lawrence COMETH, 56th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron commander, pins Air Medal on his flight line chief, MSgt. Charles L. GUSTAFSON, for meritorious service during Korean conflict. GUSTAFSON earned it seven years ago for flying support missions as a 56th WRS flight engineer, which then supplied vital weather information for bombing and ground attacks in Korea.
On his second tour with the 56th, GUSTAFSON has 19 years service - 13 ovrseas. In World War II, he was an aerial gunner with the Navy in the Southeast Pacific. His wife, Ruth, and their two children, Michael, 14 and Kevin, 3, are with him at Yokota.
NOTE: MSgt. Charles GUSTAFSON was born in Waubonsie Township of Ringgold County, Iowa, on October 13, 1920, the son of Charles Oscar Ansfrid and Elsie Kingham (FOSTER) GUSTAFUSON. MSgt. GUSTAFSON passed away on July 12, 1986, Riverside, California.
Transciption and note by Sharon R. Becker, May of 2012
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