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air force
Korean War

“I bought a plane ticket to Amarillo where Mom and trip was at the Korean War Memorial. A young
Dad picked me up. Back home, I met up with Mollie Korean girl came up to me and thanked me. That
Goodson again. I had met her at a car race back in meant a whole lot to me.”
1949, and we wrote to each other while I was in
Korea. We married on June 19, 1954. I still had two
years of service left, so I was sent to Oklahoma City
Air Force Station and assigned to the HQ’s 33rd Air
Division. I worked on the Bell Telephone spec. lines
used to help keep up with our planes in the NORAD
system, and Mollie taught school. I was discharged
on September 26, 1956.
“We headed back to Lamesa, and I started farming
again. Mollie and I had two daughters, Arla and
Melinda. I had a massive heart attack in 1985 and
had to retire. I was fortunate to go on the 2018 Texas
South Plains Honor Flight. I really liked the Korean
and WWII Memorials. My favorite memory of that

Ed. Note: Sadly, Arlie Williams passed away before he was able to see this article in print.

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