Vietnam-era enlistee retires after 40 years of service

Airman William Pook poses with a “MiG Killer” F-4 Phantom while assigned to the 307th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, in 1972. Pook earned the Vietnam Gallantry Cross for “heroism and gallantry in combat against enemy forces” during an attack on the base Oct. 3, 1972. Pook, a reservist assigned to the 633rd Civil Engineer Squadron at Langley Air Force Base, Va., retired as a master sergeant on Sept. 23, 2011, after 40 years of service in the Air Force. (Courtesy photo/William Pook)

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