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=Military bases in alaska and MInnesota during vietnam=


 * ===When the US wen to war in Vietnam they had the words strongest military===
 * ===the air force bases in southern vietnam were the most active bases===
 * ===the southern vietnam were the first ones to start the pummeling of vietnam they made the first air raid on northern vietnam===
 * ===there were 600 prisoners of war for the air force alone in Vietnam===
 * ===there had to be at least 1 vietnamese person aboard each plane for the US to be able to fly reconnaissance and close air support flights===
 * ===operation rolling thunder started were they would just bomb bomb bomb and bomb vietnam===
 * ===the military base wildwood was transformed after vietnam into a correctional facility===


 * ===Wildwood Station was originally named "Seward Station", before the name was changed to "Wildwood Station". I think the reason for the change was the confusion on its location with Seward, Alaska." Stan Wilner, Wildwood Station, 1953-1955 "It was named Wildwood Station by our original group in 1953 when the base opened because many of our original group was from the Philadelphia, PA area and had spent our best pre-Army Summers in Wildwood, NJ. We all viewed Kenai as the complete opposite to the fun-filled Seashore Resort. We even got the first CO of the Station to agree with our choice". Larry Huttinger, ===


**SP4 - Herbert L. "Mike" Flanigan DOB 8-16-1936 --- DOD 9-1-2003 Served At Wildwood Station 57-59**


 * **[[image:http://www.wildwoodsta.com/images/flag.gif width="96" height="72" align="center"]]

Sp2 Edwin McKay Lanier DOB 2/7/33 --- DOD 9/29/01 ** || **

PVT. 1 - Elmer LeRoy Dennison DOB 1-1-1936 --- DOD 11-16-95 Served at Wildwood 56-58 ** || || ===E-7 Daniel D. McLachlan III (Danny) DOB June 19, 1938 --- DOD March 25, 1999 He entered the Army in 1956 and retired in 1976=== || ||
 * [[image:http://www.wildwoodsta.com/images/flag.gif width="96" height="72"]]===Major Millage C. Nolen DOB May 4, 1918 --- DOD July 15, 1966 The First Commanding Officer of Wildwood Station===
 * [[image:http://www.wildwoodsta.com/images/flag.gif width="96" height="72"]]===Jerry Atchison DOB March 26, 1938 --- DOD January 7, 2002===

M/Sgt. James R. Cook DOB August 22,1921 --- DOD August 22, 1988
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 * [[image:http://www.wildwoodsta.com/images/flag.gif width="96" height="72"]]

SP4 Frank Simpson DOB December 19, 1934 --- DOD February 21, 2001
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Richard A. Snyder (Duke) DOB April 14, 1936 --- DOD December 5, 1999
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 * [[image:http://www.wildwoodsta.com/images/flag.gif width="96" height="72"]]

WO2 Wallace M. Raabe (Wally) DOB April 2,1924 --- DOD November 11, 1995
|| ===Gene Hyche DOB Unknown --- DOD April 11, 2003=== ||
 * **[[image:http://www.wildwoodsta.com/images/flag.gif width="96" height="72" align="center"]]

Staff Sergeant John R. Chambers DOB May 15, 1931 --- DOD March 18, 2002** ||

**Gillespie, Lionel of Texas** ||
 * **[[image:http://www.wildwoodsta.com/images/flag.gif width="96" height="72" align="center"]]

Fairer, Robert E. DOB 02/23/33 --- DOD 01/03/96 ** || **

Sergeant Daniel F. Barczak DOB 11/5/1931 --- DOD 6/14/1987 Served in Wildwood 53-54** ||
 * **[[image:http://www.wildwoodsta.com/images/flag.gif width="96" height="72" align="center"]]

Norman William Marshall (SKIP) DOB 12/6/1931 --- DOD 11/13 2002** || **

Francis R. Cassada Wildwood 53-55, DOB 9/25/33, DOD 4/14/94** ||
 * **[[image:http://www.wildwoodsta.com/images/flag.gif width="96" height="72" align="center"]]

Robert J. Heckler DOB 11/17/36 - DOD 8/06/2000** || **

Anthony M. Palladino Sr. (Tony) SP5, DOB 02/01/37 - DOD 03/09/02** || **Edgar Lewis (Boots) Sears DOB June 2, 1935 - DOD May 29, 1997** || DOB December 14, 1919 - DOD October 28, 2001** || DOB 05 Dec 1930 - DOD 07 Sep 2005 ** || DOB 26 Sep 1929 - DOD 28 Nov 2004 ** || DOB 27 July 1932 - DOD 26 May 2005 ** || DOB 30 Aug 1932 - DOD 26 Sep 2004 ** || DOB 05 Dec 1909 DOD Dec 1983 ** || DOB 18 July 1932 - DOD 8 December 2005** DOD 10/30/06**
 * [[image:http://www.wildwoodsta.com/images/flag.gif width="96" height="72" align="center"]]
 * Levi Clayton Burdette, CW4
 * [[image:http://www.wildwoodsta.com/images/flag.gif width="96" height="72"]]
 * Allis, James CW2
 * Boyette, James E. CSM
 * [[image:http://www.wildwoodsta.com/images/flag.gif width="96" height="72"]]
 * Forsythe, Robert J SGT
 * Hogg, Jerry W.
 * [[image:http://www.wildwoodsta.com/images/flag.gif width="96" height="72"]]
 * Eldon Luckenbill
 * SFC Ronald G. Ashworth
 * Served At Wildwood Station 57-59** ||
 * [[image:http://www.wildwoodsta.com/images/flag.gif width="96" height="72"]]
 * Bertrand "Mike" Michaels
 * Served at Wildwood Station 1953-1955** || [[image:http://www.wildwoodsta.com/images/flag.gif width="96" height="72"]]
 * Norman D. Sull

DOB Feb. 1, 1937 - DOD April 16, 2008** || DOD: 01/18/1998 Served At Wildwood 1953-1954** ||
 * Served At** **Wildwood 57-59**
 * [[image:http://www.wildwoodsta.com/images/flag.gif width="96" height="72"]]
 * Frank A Faragoi


 * ===this website basically has everything you need to know about wildwood it is a first hand account of a veteran.===
 * ===http://www.wildwoodsta.com/Building_100.html===
 * [[image:Wildwood001.jpg]][[image:Wildwood002.jpg]][[image:Wildwood003.jpg]][[image:Wildwood003a.jpg]][[image:Wildwood003c.jpg]]
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 * ===wildwood opened right after alaska finally became the 50th state many people were excited===
 * ===Most of the soldiers worked in building 100 that looks kind of spooky right now===
 * ===the military base was at first called steward station===
 * ===the name was changed because we think of confusion with the city steward alaska===
 * ===Wildwood was located in Paoli Alaska===
 * ===it was a small base that did not make it past the end of the war===