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Retired Tech. Sgt. Lenard Ellison poses with his weapon in Saigon, Vietnam circa 1968.  Ellison, the patriarch of his family, began a family tradition of serving in the Air Force that continues today. Since 1947, there has been an Ellison in the Air Force. (Courtesy photo) A family legacy 70 years in the making
Seventy years ago, Lenard Ellison made the decision to join the military. “I was 17 and my mother helped me join the Army in August 1947 to get out of the south due to racial tension,” the retired technical sergeant said.
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