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        |  | North 
          High School Wall of Honor Guy Lamar Craig
 Would have graduated in Class of June 1955
 GED in 1955
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        | Research 
          done by Claradell Shedd, Class of 1953. PAGE IN PROGRESS |   
        | Guy 
          Lamar Craig |   
        |  Guy would have graduated in the June, 
            1955 North High class, but he left because of family emergency conditions. 
            He enlisted in Omaha, Nebraska. His service number was 17402090. Guy's 
            next of kin was listed as Mr. Herbert Leon Craig, 1036 22nd Street, 
            Des Moines, IA.  |   
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              | Guy Lamar Craig |   
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              | Year |  | Rank |  | Status |   
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              | May, 1954- November,1957
 | x | US Air Force | x | Serving in Yuma, AZ at 
                Vincent Air Force Base |   
              | June, 1955 |  | Would have Graduated |  | Guy had to leave North 
                High early because of emergency conditions within the family...he 
                had to work. Was in Home Room 311. |   
              | June, 1955 | x | Family | x | Living at 1036 22nd Street, 
                Des Moines, IA |   
              | July, 1955 | x | Education | x | Earned GED |   
              | 1955-on | x | Education | x | Math and accounting classes 
                at Yuma High School. College-wise the same. Accounting, retail, 
                and math courses at University of Omaha. Retail classes at NYU. |   
              | November 
                5, 1957 | x | US Air Force | x | Service Start Date on 
                some paperwork |   
              | 1957-1962 | x | US Air Force | x | 4750th Air Defense Group 
                (Weapons) (ADC) at Vincent Air Force Base, Yuma, AZ. This was 
                a Rocket Firing Training Center. |   
              | February 
                16, 1962 | x | US Air Force/Airman First Class
 | x | After Reserve (Inactive), 
                discharged 02/16/62. |   
              | February 
                17,1962 | x | Family | x | Married Diane K. Brown 
                from Omaha. Married in Omaha, NE. Graduate of Grinnell. |   
              | April 5, 
                1962 | x | US Air Force | x | Discharged at Vincent 
                Air Force Base, Yuma, AZ |   
              | 1958-1968 | x | Employment | x | Salesman, Buyer of traditional 
                mens, Buyer Sportwear Furnishings. Vice-President and Merchandise 
                Manager for Mens' Wear |   
              | 1968-1972 | x | Employment | x | Mens Merchandise Manager, 
                General Manager of South Division of Grodins of California headquartered 
                in San Francisco, CA |   
              | 1972-1976 | x | Employment | x | General Merchandise Manager 
                and COO of Nebraska Clothing Company |   
              | 1977-1978 | x | Employment | x | Wholesale rep for Damon 
                Creations, Los Angeles, CA |   
              | 1979-1988 | x | Employment | x | Sportwear buyer. Promoted 
                to General Manager of Mountain States of Arizona, Nevada, and 
                Utah by Hartmarx Corporation |   
              | 1988-2000 | x | Employment | x | Partner and officer of 
                St. Croix Shops in Nevada and Arizona |   
              | Aug, 2002 | x | Family | x | Retired from business 
                and retail |   
              | Presently |  | Family |  | Living in Surprise, AZ. |  |   
        | 4750th Air 
          Defense Wing, Vincent Air Force Base, AZ The 4750th Air Defense Wing is a discontinued United States Air Force 
          unit. It was last assigned to the 73d Air Division, Air Defense Command, 
          (ADC) at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, where it was inactivated in 
          1960.
 The wing was first organized as the 4750th Training 
            Wing at Yuma County Airport in 1953, when ADC's gunnery training program 
            expanded from a squadron sized unit to a wing. The wing conducted 
            interceptor aircraft training for ADC at Yuma (later Vincent Air Force 
            Base) until moving to MacDill in 1959. Shortly afterward, the wing 
            was discontinued and the ADC training program transferred to another 
            wing.
 Yuma AFB was renamed on 13 October 1956 as Vincent Air Force Base, 
            the installation was named for Brigadier General Clinton D. "Casey" 
            Vincent, one of Major General Claire Chennault's top fighter leaders 
            in the China-Burma Theater and the second youngest General Officer 
            in U.S. Air Force history, receiving his star at the age of 29. Vincent 
            was the subject of a TIME magazine article titled "Up Youth",[3] 
            which covered the meteoric promotions of the Army and Air Force. Vincent 
            was also an inspiration for the main character in the comic strip 
            Terry and the Pirates. Vincent died of a heart attack in 1955 at the 
            age of 40 while serving as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, 
            Air Defense Command (ADC) at Ent AFB, Colorado.
 
 The 4750th Air Defense Wing was inactivated at Vincent AFB on 15 June 
            1959 and control of the base was passed over to the United States 
            Navy. Nine days later the base was turned over to the United States 
            Marine Corps. The base was renamed Marine Corps Air Station Yuma (Vincent 
            Field) on July 20, 1962.
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              | Vincent Air Force Base; Yuma, 
                AZ |  |  
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              | Vincent Air Force Base; Yuma, 
                Arizona |  |  
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              | Guy 
                Lamar Craig Basic Airman
 US Air Force
 
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 Guy Lamar Craig
 
  
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 National Defense Service Medal
 
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              | References |   
              | (1) 
                Information was obtained from the Records on Military Personnel 
                Who Died, were Missing in Action, or Prisoners of War as a result 
                of the Vietnam War. This document can be found online at the National 
                Archives and Records Administration at http://www.archives.gov/. 
 (2) The comprehensive list of names from North High's 1893-2018 
                graduation classes are from Claradell Shedd's North Des Moines 
                High School website. The names of North High School graduates 
                can be found online at:  http://www.ndmhs.com/. 
                Guy Lamar Craig's 1955 class page is: http://www.ndmhs.com/pages/yearclass1955(2015.60).html.
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