Distinguished alumni honored at banquet
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News Writing Student
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Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry and First Lady of Oklahoma Kim Henry stand with Kim’s 2009 OCCC Honorary Alumni Hall of Fame award. Kim, Sarkeys Foundation executive director, was given the award at the Alumni banquet Oct. 29. Sarkeys Foundation donated $1 million to OCCC for the construction of the Performing Arts Theater.
The college’s Alumni Hall of Fame Banquet honored seven former OCCC students Oct. 29.
The ceremony was held in the Visual and Performing Arts Center in celebration of accomplishments in their lives and careers.
This year’s inductees included a dentist, a veterinarian and a teacher.
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Photos Courtesy Mickey Sherman
WWII Veteran Mickey Sherman joined the 312th Light Bombardment Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps at age 20. The OCCC student said, after training, his entire unit relocated in the Pacific Theater of War. “We flew missions out of New Guinea and the Philippine Islands until the war ended in 1945.” The group just clebrated the last of 61 consecutive reunions.
Photos Courtesy Mickey Sherman
WWII Veteran Mickey Sherman joined the 312th Light Bombardment Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps at age 20. The OCCC student said, after training, his entire unit relocated in the Pacific Theater of War. “We flew missions out of New Guinea and the Philippine Islands until the war ended in 1945.” The group just clebrated the last of 61 consecutive reunions.
MICKEY SHERMAN
News Writing Student
It started and ended in Oklahoma. 1942 was the year the 312th Light Bombardment Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps was formed at Will Rogers Field. At age 20, I was one of several hundred men in the original group.
We trained at Cimarron Field, now Clarence C. Page Airport, west of Oklahoma City. The A-20 Havoc light bombers we flew were made by Tulsa Aircraft in Tulsa.
After training, the entire unit relocated in the Pacific Theater of War. We flew missions out of New Guinea and the Philippine Islands until the war ended in 1945.
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