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The following table documents the First Echelon commanders of Security Hill at Misawa.

~ Security Hill 1st Echelon Air Force Commanders, Misawa ~

No.

Organization

From

To

Commander

Timeline

1

1st RSM

Jul-51

Nov-53

Lt. Col. Charles Sheppard [d. 1985]

1st RSM relocates from Johnson AB to Misawa AB Jan-53

2

1st RSM

Nov-53

Feb-55

Lt. Col. J. W. Brady [d. 19??]

1954: USSR introduces 1st supersonic fighter, MiG-19.

3

1st RSM

Feb-55

Apr-55

Major William H. Madole [d. 1996]

Military coup ousts Juan Peron as president of Argentina.

4

1st RSM

Apr-55

May-55

Lt. Colonel Charles D. Pryor

1st MacDonald's opens Des Plains, Ill.

5

6921st RSM

May-55

Sep-56

Major William H. Madole [d. 1996]

Lockheed tests U-2; proposal to CIA for a high-altitude spy craft.

6

6921st RGM

Sep-56

Dec-57

Lt. Colonel James S. Novy [d. 2004]

USSR launches Sputnik I 10/4/57; Both US & USSR perfect ICBM's.

7

6921st RGM

Dec-57

Sep-59

Colonel Gerald E. Branch

Alaska 49th state 1/3/59; Hawaii 50th state 8/21/59; X-15's 1st flight.

8

6921st RGM

Sep-59

Sep-60

Colonel Dale S. Seeds

Gary Power's U-2 downed by USSR; USS Enterprise launched.

9

6921st RGM

Sep-60

Aug-62

Colonel James F. Berry

JFK inaugurated; Bay of Pigs fails; Berlin Wall built; 8,000 US troops in Vietnam.

10

6921st SW

Aug-62

Jul-63

Colonel Adolph M. Wright

Cuban Missle Crisis; JFK visits Berlin & Rome.

11

6921st SW

Jul-63

Aug-63

Colonel Kenneth W. Davey

Col. Davey assumed command awaiting Col. Wildes' arrival

12

6921st SW

Aug-63

Jul-64

Colonel Gordon W. Wildes [d.]

JFK assassinated; USS Thresher sub sinks losing all hands; Beatles invade US.

13

6921st SW

Jul-64

Jun-66

Colonel Kenneth W. Davey

LBJ re-elected; IBM 360 introduced; China explodes A Bomb; N.O.W. founded.

14

6921st SW

Jun-66

Mar-68

Colonel Thomas J. Hanley, III
[d. 8/26/2002]

Anti War Protests Grow; Miranda Decision upheld; USS Pueblo captured.

15

6921st SW

Mar-68

Jun-69

Colonel Harry A. Wilson [d. 2002]

RFK assassinated; Dr. King assassinated; Nixon elected; Woodstock.

16

6921st SW

Jun-69

Jan-70

Colonel Leonard M. Legge
[d. 1/20/1970]

Apollo 11 flight; 1st Boeing 747 flight; Rioting in Northern Ireland.

17

6921st SG

Jan-70

May-70

Colonel Cary A. Thompson

Kent State; Vietnam War spreads to Cambodia.

18

6921st SG

May-70

Jun-70

Lt. Col. Rogert W. Shively

Aswan Dam completed in Egypt.

19

6921st SG

Jun-70

Nov-72

Colonel Charles F. Beatie, Jr.

ChiComs join UN, replacing Taiwan; Idi Amin siezes Uganda.

20

6921st SW

Dec-72

Apr-74

Colonel Robert H. Touby

Willy Brandt of West Germany Forced to Resign.

21

6920th SW

Apr-74

Jun-74

Colonel Charles J. Luther

Nixon resigns; Communists capture South Vietnam.

22

6920th SW

Jun-74

Jul-75

Colonel John F. Grant

Suez Canal reopened; Mayaguez incident.

23

6920th SW

Aug-75

May-78

Lt. Col. John G. Hennessey

Apple II introduced; Raid on Entebbe; Carter pardons 10,000 draft dodgers; .

24

6920th SS/ESG

May-78

Jun-80

Lt. Col. Juan F. Lopez

Smallpox eradicated; SALT II Accord; USSR invades Afghanistan; Three Mile Island.

25

6920th ESG

Jul-80

Jun-82

Colonel Terry E. Heath

Iran-Iraq War; Anwar Sadat assassinated; Attempt on President Regan's life.

26

6920th ESG

Jun-82

Jun-84

Colonel Allen T. Smith

Brezhnev dies; Falkland Island War; Soviets down Korean 747; US invades Granada.

27

6920th ESG

Jun-84

Jul-86

Colonel Joseph P. Burchfield

AIDS Break Out; Gorbachev heads USSR; Achille Lauro Seized.

28

6920th ESG

Jul-86

Jun-88

Colonel Calvin M. Murray, Jr.

Chernobyl; US strikes Tripoli/Libya; Challenger explodes; Glasnost & Perestroika introduced.

29

6920th ESG

Jun-88

Jul-91

Colonel Douglas H. Williams

Berlin Wall comes down; Yeltsin elected president; Mandela freed; Gulf War.

30

6920th ESG/MCOC Director

Jul-91

Jul-93

Colonel Michael A. McFarland

USSR disolves; WTC bombed; Waco standoff.

31

301st IS/MCOC Director

Jul-93

Jun-95

Colonel Arthur J. Saitta

Chechniya; Marines killed in Somalia.

32

301st IS/MCOC Director

Jul-95

1996

Colonel Joseph L. Hurst

Yitzhak Rabin assasinated; OK City Federal Bldg. bombed; OJ not guilty.

33

301st IS/MCOC Director

1996

1997

Colonel Warren Miller

Taliban take Afghanistan; Hong Kong turnover; Mars Pathfinder lands.

34

301st IS/MCOC Director

Jan-98

Jun-99

Colonel Wyatt C. Cook

US embassies bombed in Kenya & Tanzania; Kosovo; Clinton impeached.

35

373rd IG/MCOC Director

Aug-99

Jun-02

Colonel Dennis R. Mitzel

BJ Cook invades Misawa; Heritage Hall opens Jun-2002

36

373rd IG/MCOC Director

Jun-02

present

Colonel Fred W. Gortler, III

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