Name: Ken Huston completes Air Force training and prepares for Turkey, 1969
Start: 1969-09-29
End: 1969-09-29
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1969-09-29
Kind: Announcement
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communicationmigrationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The August 1969 Beaver Beacon reported that Ken Huston had completed an Air Force air-traffic-control course in Aurora, Colorado, and expected to leave for Turkey on September 29. It also noted a family visit in Westland before the departure.

Evidence and limits

This is a community servicemen notice, not a military personnel file or a complete deployment record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, August 1969, “Servicemen News.”
Reports Ken Huston completing Air Force air-traffic-control training at Aurora, Colorado, planning to leave for Turkey on September 29, and visiting Westland with his wife Fran and daughter Kimberly; it does not provide military personnel records or later deployment details.
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Beaver Beacon, August 1969, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eleven-page combined August–September issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the servicemen notice.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Ken Huston completes Air Force training and prepares for Turkey, 1969”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-servicemen-news-august-september-1969/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1969, “Servicemen News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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