FORWARD BY: Major General Roger Rhodarmer This is the 50th Anniversary of the United States Air Force as a separate service.  Perhaps this would be a good time to recognize the 319th members that contributed to making the USAF the force it is today.    There are one hundred seventy members of the 319th who made the Air Force a career.  This information was taken from the July 1, 1979, 319th Bomb Group Roster that was prepared by Esther Oyster from a survey of its members.  I also consulted with Esther on the data to come up with the numbers.  The   breakout by rank is as follows:   Eleven generals, thirty two colonels, fifty four lieutenant colonels, twenty four majors, five captains, two lieutenants, three CWOs, six chief master sergeants, five senior master sergeants, eighteen master sergeants, five technical sergeants, one staff sergeant, and three,  rank unknown.    Without a doubt we have the greatest and most powerful Air Force in the world.  We're all proud of that!  I know that General Randy Holzapple was very proud of the number of 319thers that made their contribution to building the new and emerging United States Air Force.        NAME SQUADRON RANK Joseph R. Holzapple Headquarters General Sam W. Agee Headquarters Major General Gordon H. Austin Headquarters Major General Joseph A. Cunningham 438 & Headquarters Major General David M. Jones 438 & Headquarters Major General Hugh B. Manson, Jr. Headquarters Major General Fred E. Morris, Jr. 438 Major General Roger K. Rhodarmer 439 Major General Wilber W. Aring Headquarters Brigadier General David W. Winn 440 Brigadier General Roger L. Zeller 437 Brigadier General Clyde E. Barker 438 Colonel George E. Baucom 438 Colonel Charles Brewton 437 & 439 Colonel Robert W. Brown 437 Colonel Legrand W. Burt 438 Colonel David H. Buss 439 Colonel William T. Byerly 439 Colonel Daniel Callahan 440 Colonel Frank B. Chappell 439 & Headquarters Colonel Gwynn S. Curtis Headquarters Colonel Frank A. Forbes 437 Colonel Robert E. Herndon 440 Colonel John N. Highley 438 Colonel R. M. Hutton 437 Colonel James S. Kale 439 Colonel George H. King, Jr. 437 Colonel Eric Kerr 437 Colonel Richard J. Kettering Headquarters Colonel Ed Little 440 Colonel Joseph Madrano 439 Colonel Frank Masters 439 Colonel Newton F. Millen 437 Colonel Carl R. Norton 438 Colonel Charles F. O'Connor 439 Colonel Clyde W. Owen 437 Colonel Henry D. Rauchenstein 438 Colonel William A. Sloan, Jr. 437 Colonel Roger E. Templin 439 Colonel Derrill Des. Trenholm 437 Colonel Robert G. Woda 437 Colonel Walter D. Wright 440 Colonel Edward J. Zeuty 437 Colonel Conrad C. Baldwin Headquarters Lieutenant Colonel Roland J. Blair 439 Lieutenant Colonel F. J. Blakee 438 Lieutenant Colonel Roy C. Brown 437 Lieutenant Colonel George F. Bruson 438 Lieutenant Colonel Basil B. Burnstad 439 Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Burson 438 Lieutenant Colonel Richard Bushee 437 Lieutenant Colonel George W. Carpenter 439 Lieutenant Colonel Lynn Carter 440 Lieutenant Colonel Frank Coffey 440 Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Dunning 439 Lieutenant Colonel Theo O. Edwards 437 Lieutenant Colonel Ray Finfer 437 Lieutenant Colonel Edwin C. Fulgham 438 Lieutenant Colonel John T. Gaffey 437 Lieutenant Colonel Charles R. Gant 437 Lieutenant Colonel Wm. E. Griffith, Sr. 440 Lieutenant Colonel Willie E. Hardy 439 Lieutenant Colonel David W. Heath 439 Lieutenant Colonel Herbert M. Jacobs 437 Lieutenant Colonel Ben Juskie 437 Lieutenant Colonel C. Denver Lamp 439 Lieutenant Colonel Jack A. Larkin 439 Lieutenant Colonel Harold B. Lawson 437 Lieutenant Colonel Ray M. Lien 439 Lieutenant Colonel A. R. McCracken Headquarters Lieutenant Colonel Murray P. McDevitt 438 Lieutenant Colonel Bill H. Moranville 439 Lieutenant Colonel Charles R. Myers, Jr. 438 & Headquarters Lieutenant Colonel Edward J. Mysika 440 Lieutenant Colonel Gerald W. Nash 438 Lieutenant Colonel Raynond F. Nash, Jr. 439 Lieutenant Colonel Edmund F. Ogozalek 439 Lieutenant Colonel W. Donovan Oliver 437 Lieutenant Colonel Joe Parker 439 Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Pryor 437 Lieutenant Colonel Ted C. Rammelkamp 438 Lieutenant Colonel Alvin W. Smith 438 & 439 Lieutenant Colonel Clyde F. Smith, Jr. 438 Lieutenant Colonel Leo E. Smith 440 Lieutenant Colonel Edward Steinman 438 Lieutenant Colonel Parry L. Thomas 440 Lieutenant Colonel Robert E. Thomas 439 Lieutenant Colonel Warren Thrailkill Headquarters Lieutenant Colonel William D. Titterton 440 Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence Valade Headquarters Lieutenant Colonel J. S. VanEpps 438 Lieutenant Colonel John N. Week 437 Lieutenant Colonel Robert N. Wesley 437 Lieutenant Colonel Norborne B. White 437 Lieutenant Colonel Paul A. Wiles 440 Lieutenant Colonel Donald H. Young 438 Lieutenant Colonel Adolph Zimmer 440 Lieutenant Colonel   E. M. Mitch Beard 439 Major Louis Bitsko 438 Major Dolphus E. Blodgett 438 Major William K. Cole 437 Major William D. Haley 439 Major William Healey 439 Major Fred T. Huggins 438 Major Regis F. Jones 439 Major Ray Kinsala 438 Major Wilbur H. Leff 440 Major Fayne S. McElroy 440 Major Ben D. Merideth 437 Major Jess Edward Montgomery 438 Major Joseph Osipuk 440 Major Carl R. Peterson 437 Major Sim T. Price, III 439 Major Murry D. Prusmack Headquarters Major Phillip R. Pueschner 439 Major Lawrence Ringey 437 Major William J. Robinson 440 Major Edwin Stratton 440 Major David Summers, Jr. 439 Major Guillermo Tavar 439 Major Griffith P. Williams 440 Major Charles H. Wolf 439 Major Webster Brown 439 Captain Marvin W. Corey 440 Captain Richard Downing 440 Captain James L. McNaulty 439 Captain William Mikolasy 438 Captain Leroy V. Davis 438 First Lieutenant Elliot H. Reid 438 First Lieutenant Neil A. Baker 438 Chief Warrent Officer Gordon Little 437 Chief Warrent Officer Paul Ofinowicz 437 Chief Warrent Officer James L. Andrews 437 Chief Master Sergeant Dennis McLain 437 Chief Master Sergeant George Rowland 440 Chief Master Sergeant Earl M. Sevits 437 Chief Master Sergeant Elmer A. Schulte 439 Chief Master Sergeant Ernest M. Waters 439 Chief Master Sergeant Virgil L. Bell 438 Senior Master Sergeant Aldo Gandofini 437 Senior Master Sergeant Leroy D. Hartline 439 Senior Master Sergeant Francis C. Napoletano 438 Senior Master Sergeant Robert W. Wiswell 439 Senior Master Sergeant W. R. Armstrong 437 Master Sergeant James I. Carnes 440 Master Sergeant Ernest H. Condon 439 Master Sergeant Don L. Cooper 438 Master Sergeant John J. Coyle 437 Master Sergeant George R. Everhart 438 Master Sergeant Lewis G. Fenton 439 Master Sergeant Richard Ferrill 438 Master Sergeant Robert L. Fessenden 439 Master Sergeant Fred E. Geraghty 438 Master Sergeant Irvin E. Gilpin 437 Master Sergeant Peter A. Kucharski 437 Master Sergeant Thomas Lester,, Jr. 439 Master Sergeant Theodore W. Mallett 440 Master Sergeant John P. Mattice 438 Master Sergeant Joe J. Jost 440 Master Sergeant Wm Plummer Myers 437 Master Sergeant Raymond Phillips 440 Master Sergeant Paul B. Chirdon 440 Technical Sergeant George Doran 439 Technical Sergeant Benjamin Gunter 439 Technical Sergeant Charles E. Rogers 440 Technical Sergeant Cleo A. Smith 437 Technical Sergeant Boyd Dougherty Headquarters Staff Sergeant Frank A. Boone 438 Unknown Charles J. Cyran 439 Unknown Hubert A. Hurley 440 Unknown