Bio: Metcalf, Ronald L. – Airman (Commendation Medal – 1963)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Metcalf, Havelin

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.) 23 May 1963

K.I. Sawyer AFB, Michigan – Airman First Class Ronald L. Metcalf of Greenwood (Clark Co.) Wisconsin, has been awarded the United States Air Force Commendation Medal for an act of heroic service while stationed here.

Airman Metcalf, 25, a special vehicle repairman with the Air Defense Command's 56th Transportation Squadron, while at a lake near here, heard cries for help from three swimmers in distress. He quickly found a rowboat and rushed to their aid, preventing their possible drowning.

A graduate of Greenwood High School, the airman in the son of Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy G. Metcalf of R.R.!, Greenwood. He is married to the former Audrey K. Havelin of Owen, Wisconsin.
 

 

 


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