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Larry Williams, with
sold the business. Susan
and I divorced in 1971. In
September of 1977, I married technological skills. He
Dolores Adame. She had five developed the website
children. Together we have
seventeen grandchildren
and ten great-grandchildren. – a group whose name
Soon after we were married,
I became a Publishers
Rep for Hearst Business
Publications.
“My training and
experiences in the Navy
gave me opportunities in
several fields. My radio
training prepared me for
an Amateur Radio License;
mine was WA5GXS. My
flight training prepared
me for a Commercial
Pilots License 669238. Last
November, I turned 95; my
wife is ten years younger,
and we are both in good
health. I would hesitate to go took seventy years for my
back and change anything.
The nonagenarian is
pretty humble about his
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accomplishments, not
least of which are his
and Facebook page for
the Market Street Geezers
he coined for the loosely
organized coffee klatch of
veterans who meet every
Monday morning at 9:30 at
50th and Indiana.
Epilogue: Before flight
school, Andy spent 11 days
in San Francisco on per
diem. He had to report to
the Naval Office of Officer
Procurement at 0800 every
morning. It was three years
after discharge before he
received the $1.80 per day
the Navy owed him. “I
thought that was bad, but it
DFC and six Air Medals to
catch up with me.”
help from Bobbi
Hanson from Rep.
Jodey Arrington’s
office, was able to
help obtain the long
overdue medals for
Winnegar in 2017.
The following is
an excerpt from an
upcoming book by
Larry Williams and
Katherine McLamore:
“On August 29 2017,
a crowd of friends,
family, veterans and
well- wishers [attended
a] ceremony at the
Silent Wings Museum in
Lubbock. Three highly
decorated Navy men came to
honor former Navy ARM2C
(Aviation Radioman 2nd Class)
Andy Winnegar. While all
three outranked Winnegar
at the time of his separation
from the Navy in 1946, all
were in awe of his service
record. Andy was receiving the
Navy’s 8th highest medal, the
Distinguished Flying Cross,
six additional Air Medals, and
the aforementioned citation –
presented in large part because
of the meticulous records
Winnegar kept.
[Andy] was humble about
the awards. He said, ‘I don’t
feel like a hero. The heroes
are still out there in the
Pacific – the real ones who
gave everything.’ Andy’s
wife Dolores spoke for all of us
when she said, ‘I’m very proud
of him. I call him my hero.’”