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Fred Corley
12/3/2004 12:02:01 PM
Can anyone tell me if there was any criteria used in deciding who was assigned to a particular crew when the crews were formed prior to being assigned to a group?
Art Seder
12/31/2004 8:50:25 AM
My crew was assigned at a staging post located at Tampa, Florida, and the assignment at that time was in alphabetical order for enlisted crew positions. As I was already a Captain when my crew joined me, I was placed at the head of the list for crew assigments. For that reason, I was assgned the beginning of the alphabet: Antil, Allison, Affel, Backlin, etc. Not very scientific, but that was the Army way of doing things. I frankly don't remember how my officer crewmates were selected.