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A Reserve Citizen Airman from the 624th Civil Engineering Squadron gives critical instructions while directing teammates during a live firefighting exercise in Kahului, Maui, Sept. 8, 2024.

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WW II vet presented overdue medal at Dobbins ceremony

Col. Brett Clark, 94th Airlift Wing commander, presents William B. Hughey, World War II veteran, with the Army Good Conduct Medal during a commanders call Jan. 10, 2015. Hughey served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a ball turret gunner in the 487th Bomb Group, aboard the Boeing B17 in 1944. He successfully completed 35 combat flying missions. During these missions, Hughey's aircraft sustained heavy fire from enemy aircraft, and on one occasion, was shot down.

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