Willis M. Hawkins

(Click Name  for Link to Obituary)

Recognize this man?  Probably not, but if you served in Vietnam you undoubtedly would recognize something he was the main designer of:  The C-130 Hercules - the cargo/military transport aircraft that remained in production for 50 years and "...was crucial to many missions during the Vietnam War".  The photo below is of a C-130 landing at Quan Loi Airfield in 1967 carrying a replacement tube for one of Alpha Battery's guns.

Photo Courtesy William Carr

Links of Interest:

http://www.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=92

http://www.midwaysailor.com/photos/hercules.html

http://members.aol.com/samc130/rvn.html


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