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Stephanie dutchess Trudeau

CMBf President

ay is the month when we the Far East where combat ready pilots were unpacked his original Air Force uniform
observe Memorial Day needed to meet the Chinese/Korean/Russian from the 1950’s. It still fits! My parents
and Mother’s Day. My communist threat during the Cold War. are energetically involved the lives of their
column for the month Second Lieutenant E. James Dutchess children and grandchildren. They even
Mof May brings these two piloted the F 86 Sabrejet, a transonic jet travelled from out of town to attend Rock
observances together with words about fighter. He broke the sound barrier, and the Foundation 14 this year.
my father and mother. They started me on was a “Mach Buster.” He also flew the C119 My mother’s career was as a teacher of
my path to embracing the values that the military transport, nicknamed the “Flying the deaf and hearing impaired. Special
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Foundation Boxcar” used to airlift troops and parachute Education was still a fledging area when she
promotes through its support of the drop cargo and supplies. responded to the need to serve students with
programs of the Cleveland Metropolitan When the Officer’s Club at
Bar Association. I am confident that you the airbase hosted a Christmas
have equally compelling stories about what Eve party, my mother, a civilian
formed you and how you became interested assigned to the Department of
in the Foundation. Defense, was invited. There,
My parents fell in love overseas while my my father in his Air Force
father was serving as a fighter jet pilot in the uniform, and my mother in
United States Air Force. When the Korean her evening gown, met and
War began, he wanted to serve his country their romance began. They
as an Air Force pilot. While he was in pilot have been married for over
training, the war ended and when he received 62 years. After all these
his wings and commission, he was assigned to years, my dad recently

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