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This book traces the heritage and life of Colonel Frederic A. Stone, M.D.(1923-2014) who served as World War II pilot, trained to be a surgeon after the war and returned to activity military duty as a doctor from 1959-1970. He served in Vietnam; was a member of the Launch Site Medical Recovery Team for Apollo 7, 9 and 10. He was the first flight surgeon checked out in an F-111. Following his retirement from the US Air Force, Dr. Stone served in private practice in Michigan, South Carolina and New York. He was the recipient of the Israel A. Shapiro Citizenship Award in 1986 for the city of…mehr

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This book traces the heritage and life of Colonel Frederic A. Stone, M.D.(1923-2014) who served as World War II pilot, trained to be a surgeon after the war and returned to activity military duty as a doctor from 1959-1970. He served in Vietnam; was a member of the Launch Site Medical Recovery Team for Apollo 7, 9 and 10. He was the first flight surgeon checked out in an F-111. Following his retirement from the US Air Force, Dr. Stone served in private practice in Michigan, South Carolina and New York. He was the recipient of the Israel A. Shapiro Citizenship Award in 1986 for the city of Watertown, NY. He and his wife Nella (Kilbourn) Stone volunteered for two years of medical missionary work in Malawi, Africa. He served in various medical capacities in New York before finally retiring. He was married to Nella for 62 years and the father of their five sons. The book was written to record his Stone heritage in the new world and his military service, especially in World War II as a transport pilot flying over the Hump from India to China.
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Judson resides in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida with his wife. He loves reading and researching history. He writes articles for his website, speaks, and works part time as a cashier. He is the president of the Destin-South Walton Toastmasters Club. He is working on a book about Maine and is completing a project transcribing his great uncle's World War I diary. He retired from corporate chaplaincy at First Rate, Inc. in Arlington, TX in 2018 and previous to that was a pastor in Maine for 26 years. He volunteered as a Fellowship of Christian Athletes sports chaplain in Texas for high school football and a NCAA Division 1 men's basketball team. He has taught at a Youth with a Mission Discipleship Training School in Hyderabad, India. He is married, the father of three grown sons and Pop-pop to five grandchildren. He loves to read, bike, walk and paddleboard. He collects old documents, belt buckets, coins, stamps and medallions.