These are some of the men that were members of the 34th TFS during the Thud era. Click on a name to see a picture from that era and a current address if we have it. Howard Plunkett has compiled F-105 histories on most of the people and these can be accessed via a link under the name.
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He died on July 21, 1996.
Photo from his book: "Scrappy, Memoir of a U.S. Fighter Pilot in Korea and Vietnam" available on Amazon.com.
Edd receives the Air Medal from Major General Jay T. Robbins.
Bill dismounts. Leslie Elliott in the rear cockpit was the senior cameraman for the Air Force film, "There is a Way". He filmed all the flying scenes from the back of an F model. The National Museum of the Air Force also features the movie and has a page about the beginning of the term.