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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160728T090000
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SUMMARY:MAJ Alan Bakas\, USAF(RET)
DESCRIPTION:The family of Major Alan Bakas has  requested the presence of The Patriot Guard Riders for Services and Military honors\n\n \n\n Major Alan Bakas  served in the Army Air corp in 1946\, where  he served as a communication specialist at Ramey AFB\, PR. He later “re-upped” and transferred to the Air Force and  went through OCS. After  attending Officer Candidate School\, OCS class of 54B\, he successfully  completed pilot/Bombardier training and spent the next 20  years as an AF pilot\, flying numerous aircraft including B-47\, U-6A\,  C-123. Alan served as a staff communication officer during his tour in  Vietnam. His last assignment was as consultant to the Joint Military  Commission in Rio de Janiero\, Brazil. He  achieved the rank of Major earning several medals and honors. Alan retired after 23 years and was honorably discharged . Alan was  the founding Commander of the Daisy Mountain VFW Post  10231 and active with the Daisy Mountain American Legion Post 128.\n \n [FONT=wf_segoe-ui_normal\, Segoe UI\, Segoe WP\, Tahoma\, Arial\, sans-serif]Alan’s wife[/FONT][FONT=wf_segoe-ui_normal\, Segoe UI\, Segoe WP\, Tahoma\, Arial\, sans-serif]\, [/FONT][FONT=wf_segoe-ui_normal\, Segoe UI\, Segoe WP\, Tahoma\, Arial\, sans-serif]Loretta  will also be interred during this service. Loretta\, a true military mom\, [/FONT]supported  he husband during his Air Force career being ‘The Officer’s Wife’ while  raising the ever growing family and dealing with multiple cross country  moves. The children said  that she always made our military or civilian quarters loving homes and provided her six children with safe and happy childhoods.  Alan and Loretta were married for 64 years. She just passed recently.\n \n\n  Ride Captain:   Grizzz Paschke 480-241-4962 grizzzpgr@gmail.com \n     \n  Flag Support Vehicle Person:   Karen Swanson \n [FONT=Times New Roman\, Times\, serif] [/FONT]\nDate: 28 July 2016 \nStaging: 0840 hours\, Visitors Center\, National Memorial Cemetery\, 23029 N. Cave Creek Road\, Phoenix\, AZ 85024 \nBriefing: 0900 hours\, The  family will be at the briefing. The daughters twin sons who are Army  Veterans would love to stand tall with us in the flag line. We  will escort the family and urns to the shelter from the visitors center  where we will stand the flag line. \n [FONT=wf_segoe-ui_normal\, Segoe UI\, Segoe WP\, Tahoma\, Arial\, sans-serif]\n[/FONT]\n Flag Line: Following briefing at designated shelter \nMilitary Honors: 0930 hours\, 28 July 2016\, at the Arizona National Memorial Cemetery\,  23029 N. Cave Creek Road\, Phoenix\, AZ 85024 \nDue to Arizona Weather\, please hydrate the day before and the day of the mission
URL:https://www.patriotguard.org/mission/maj-alan-bakas-usafret/
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