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33 Volunteers Receive Awards on 33rd Anniversary of Airmen Memorial

Thirty-three Blaine County residents were honored in a Presentation Ceremony on May 25. Staged at the Airmen Memorial in Harlem, the assembly watched as Brigadier General Trace N. Thomas conferred upon these volunteers, the United States Air Force (USAF) Commander's Public Service Award.

The process for this presentation began last August when Retired Lieutenant Colonel Frank Maguire of the USAF Reserve appealed to General Thomas for help. In his appeal, Maguire, who lives in Ohio, requested "assistance to champion the award of the Commander's Public Service Award (CPSA) to several [Hi-Line] r...