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Alex Beaton is a junior majoring in real estate development. Wei Ren is a senior majoring in accounting. Yifan Yang is a senior majoring in business administration. [Profiler bio] Michael W. Kennedy was born in San Diego, CA. He graduated from Eagle Rock High School in Los Angeles in 1966 and enlisted in the United States Air Force in September. He was assigned to the Air Police career field (later re-designated Security Police). His tasks were primarily base law enforcement, as well as flight line security and security of nuclear weapons storage facilities. On May 1, 1969, He was assigned to report to the 3rd Security Police Squadron at Bien Hoa Air Base in South Vietnam, 15 miles northeast of Saigon. After receiving two weeks of weapons orientation, Michael W. Kennedy was assigned to work for Base Defense/Perimeter Security. The first post he worked was Bunker Hill 10, which was a focal point of the 1968 Tet Offensive. After that, he started working in a Security Alert Team (SAT), patrolling the perimeter, responding to problems and providing support to the bunkers and towers in Charlie Area. In May 1970, he returned from Vietnam. After getting out of military service, Michael W. Kennedy worked in a campus police department for 35 years, and retired as a Captain in 2010. [Profile bio]
American Profile Saigon The Draft US Air Force Viet Nam Battle Captain Communism Department of Public Safety First Experience Hero Medal of Honor Military USC Veteran Viet Cong
Time Period
1966-2010
Place
California San Diego USA Vietnam
Source
University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
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