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Gypsy crew escorts General Van Fleet-Photo courtesy of Gypsy Paul Rudloff


Taken near base Ops at K-16 in May, 1953 just before the Commander 8th Army, General James A Van Fleet retired. He was escorting General J Lawton Collins, US Army Chief of Staff on a visit to numerous bases in Korea. The crew and aircraft were assigned to the 21st TCS Kyushu Gypsies, and used exclusively by the Commander U.S. 8th Army. Photo from left to right: Capt Paul W Rudloff, Pilot. Capt "Pappy" Hall, co-pilot, General J Lawton Collins, General James A Van Fleet, Sgt Jim Whalen, Asst Crew chief, T/Sgt Oscar Larson, Flight Engineer. (Kneeling), S/Sgt Jim Pelton Radio Operator.


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