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 * Molly Davis & Chase Peiffer **
 * __Dale Shanaman Questions__ **
 * __Bio__ **
 * 1. Name of Veteran **
 * 2. When and where was the Veteran born **
 * 3. What were you doing before you entered the service? **
 * 4. Any other siblings who served? **


 * __Early days of Service__ **
 * 5. How did you enter-draft/enlist **
 * 6. What branch of service did you enlist into? **
 * 7. Why did you choose to serve in the Air Force? **
 * 8. What was your base training like? Where was it? **
 * 9. What was it like adapting to the military life? **
 * 10. After basic training, where did you go for specialized training? **
 * What did you learn in specialized training? **


 * __Wartime Service__ **
 * 11. Where did you serve? **
 * 12. What was your job/duty in the Air Force? **
 * 13. What were your feelings and emotions to leaving home? **


 * __Experiences__ **
 * 14.What were the requirements and responsibilities of being in the Air Force? **
 * 15.What did you do during your four years of service? **
 * 16.What Squadron were you apart of? **
 * 17.What was your squadron’s job? **
 * 18.Were there any women in the squadron? **
 * 19. How did you get to Korea? **
 * 20. What were your experiences with the Korean people? **
 * 21.What did you think of them and their way of living? **
 * 22.Where exactly did you go? **
 * 23.What was your job/assignment? **
 * 24.Did you see combat? **
 * 25.Was it a difficult experience even though you never faced combat? **
 * 26.Can you tell us about a couple of your most memorable experiences, during the war and while being in Korea? **
 * 27. How did you get home from Korea? **
 * 28. Did you have any more assignments after Korea? **
 * 29.Were you awarded any medals or citations? **
 * 30.How did you get them? **
 * 31.What was your highest rank? **
 * 32.How did you earn that rank? **
 * 33.What was the significance of being an Airman First Class? **


 * __Life__ **
 * 34.How did you stay in touch with your family? **
 * 35.Did you ever miss home and/or your family? **
 * 36.Did you ever write letters to your family or friends? **
 * 37.What was the food like? **
 * 38.Did you ever have a leave to go home? **
 * 39.Did you have plenty of supplies? **
 * 40.Did you feel pressure or stress? **
 * 41.How did people entertain themselves? **
 * 42.What did you do when on leave? **
 * 43.Where did you travel while in the service? **
 * 45.Do you have photographs? (If so may we see them?) **
 * 46.Do you still have your uniform? As well as your badges, striped and/or medals? **
 * 47.Who are the people in the photographs? **


 * __After Service__ **
 * 48.Do you recall the day your service ended? **
 * 49.Where were you? **
 * 50.What did you do in the days and weeks afterward? **
 * 51.Did you work or go back to school? or your normal work? **
 * 52.Was your education supported by the G.I. Bill? **
 * 53.Did you make any close friendships while in the service? **
 * 54.Did you continue any of those relationships? **
 * 55.For how long? **


 * __After War__ **
 * 56. What did you go on to do as a career after the war? **
 * 57. Did your military experience influence your thinking about war or about the military in general? **
 * 58. If in a veterans organization, what kinds of activities does your post or association have? **
 * 59. Do you attend reunions? **
 * 60. How did your service and experiences affect your life? **
 * 61. Is there anything you would like to add that we have not covered in this interview? **


 * __Later Years and Closing__ **
 * 62. What did you get to go on to do as a career after the war? **
 * 63. How did your years of service affect your life? **
 * 64. Did your military experience influence your thinking about war or the military in general? **

Interviewers: Molly Davis and Chase Peiffer Interview Date: February 3, 2015 Dale Shanaman Highest Rank: Airman First Class Davis: Hi I’m Molly Davis Peiffer: And this is Chase Peiffer Davis: I am here on February 3, 2015 Richland Pennsylvania with Korean War Veteran Dale Shanaman who was born on June 11 1934. who served in the Air Force as an Airman First Class. This interview is being conducted for the Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress. What were you doing before you entered the service? Shanaman: I was in high school. Davis: Did you have any other siblings that served. Shanaman: Yes Davis: How many? Shanman: six, at IndianTown Gap that we had bought. These are all my brothers that served in the service. Here's Ned the oldest. Lee, they were both in the Navy, Jay was in the Army. Gar was in the Navy. I was in the Air Force, Ray was in the navy and my older brother ken was in the army.We had a lot of swabbed, They were Navy. He served in the Navy, He was at Pearl Harbor when it was bombed. This was my brother Lee. He was in the navy too. I know he had a little bad luck too. He had a ship blow out from under him. He was in during the war too. He was sunk by a mine. Here's my brother Jay. He was in the army. He had something bad happen to him too. A cook stove blew up and he was hurt for a while. My brother Gar. He was in the navy too. He only had a two year hitch. That means service. That was me, you already had the report on me. And my little brother Ray. He went in after I did. He served ahh I don't have his. I think he had four years in too, and my brother Ken, he was the only one in the army. He got killed in a car accident. he was only 30 some years old. And that where all my brothers that were in the service. Davis: Were you drafted or did you enlist? Shanaman: I enlisted. Davis: What branch of service did you enlist in? Shanaman: Air Force. Davis: Why did you choose to serve in the Air Force? Shanaman: All my other buddies went in when I did. There was about seven of us at the same time. Davis: What was your basic training like? Shanaman: It was neat. Peiffer: What was it like adapting to military life? Shanaman: uhh you went through the basic training for eight weeks. It's just basic training, it's like any other branch of the service you do the same thing. A lot of running and they get you in shape. You had to shoot the rifles just like anybody else in the service. Davis: Do you remember where it was? Shanaman: Sampson Air Force base in Lake Geneva, New York. Peiffer: After basic training what special training did you go into? Shanaman: None, I just went to a supply squadron. You had to take a test during that time to see what they wanted to put you in. Peiffer: Where did you serve? Shanaman: I.. I was uh I took basic at Sampson, then I went to San Antonio, Texas. I served a year down there. Then I went to Korea for a year. Then I came back to New Mexico. I served there the rest of my time. Peiffer: What was your job in the Air Force? Shanaman: Refueling planes. Peiffer: What were your feeling when you were leaving home, like emotional? Shanaman: My feelings? Well I was ready to go. Everyone wanted to enlist and if you didn't enlist you got drafted but then I would of had to wait two more years. So I thought I may as well go and get it over with. Peiffer: What were the requirements to go into the Air Force? Shanaman: You took written tests and stuff, and that's about all. They all do though all the branches. Davis: What squadron were you apart of? Shanaman: Every base you went to had a new squadron. Like in Korea it was 312 supply. Davis: Was refueling planes the only job you had? Shanaman: Right. Davis: Were there any women apart of your squadron. Shanaman: No, they were in the offices. Davis: How did you get to Korea? Shanaman: On a ship. Davis: How long did it take? Shanaman: Ten days. Peiffer: What squadron were you apart of? Shanaman: Every base had a new squadron. Peiffer: What was your squadrons job? Or multiple squadrons job. Shanaman: I was in the supply squadron so, I supplied all the stuff at the base. Like I worked in fuel supply so I did the fueling. Peiffer: How did you get to Korea? Shanaman: On a ship from San fransisco, It took ten days. Peiffer: What did you do during your years of service? Shanaman: Do you want the truth? Haha uhh what to you do you get up go to breakfast do your job just like anyone else. Peiffer: What were your experiences with the Korean people? Shanaman: Oh they were nice people. They were really backwards from us. Peiffer: Yeah what did you think about their way of living? Shanaman: I wouldn't want to live like they did, they ate ground. Peiffer: Where exactly did you go in Korea? Shanaman: I was in young dung po Korea. But the Air Force base was called k14. We had k numbers are base and every base. Peiffer: Did you see combat? Shanaman: No. Every once and a while a plane would fly over and drop a bomb and we would have to run out of the barracks. The war was over, but they still use to drop them to get us out of bed. Peiffer: What difficult experiences did you go through? Shanaman. It wasn't bad at all, the only thing was it was cold over there. Peiffer: What was your most memorable moment in Korea? Shanaman: I don't know really, I think when I, we went to an orphanage, and we adopted kids and we took care of them and gave them food and stuff and my mother use to send clothing for the kids and stuff. Peiffer: How did you come home from Korea? Shanaman: The same way I came over on a ship and I came back to Seattle Washington. Peiffer: Did you have any assignments in Korea? Shanaman: Not really, just do your job and that was it. Davis: What was your favorite part about being in the military? Shanaman: I don't know a favorite. You just had to go and do your thing and that was it. Davis: Were you sent home on a ship also? Shanaman: Yes. Davis: Did you have any assignments after Korea? Shanaman: I went to Clovis, New Mexico. Davis. Were you awarded any medals? Or citations Shanaman: you got your regular medals. One is Korean I think. This is Korean. Just get it from your service, and I was a sharpshooter. I don't remember which ones which. Those were the ones. Davis: What was your highest rank? Shanaman: Airman First Class. Davis. How did you earn that medal. Shanaman: Oh you just put so much time in and the take a test for it. Davis: Umm what was the perks of being an airman first class? Shanaman: You just keep going up in rank if you stay in long enough. If I stayed four years I would have got another stripe. Davis: How did you stay in touch with your family? Shanaman: We wrote a lot of letters. Davis: Did you ever miss home? Shanaman: Of course. First Christmas was the worst. Davis: What was the food like? Shanaman: The food was good. I couldn't believe it. Good cooks. Davis: Did you ever have a leave to go home? Shanaman: Yes, a couple times. Davis: uh did you have plenty supplies in the military? Shanaman: Yes Davis: How did you entertain yourself? Shanaman: Well we saw a lot of movies. We went bowling a lot and we drank some beer. Davis: What did you do when you went on leave? Shanaman: When we came home? Enjoyed ourselves at home with our family. Davis: Where did you travel while in the service where were all the places? Shanaman: We went to Mexico one time. Utah Colorado. All the states around us. Davis: What was your favorite place to go? Shanaman: I'd say Colorado. Davis: Do you have any photographs? Shanaman: Yes I have a album. Now these were taken at Sampson Air Force base at basic training. From there I went to San Antonio Texas which was a pretty nice place. These were the barracks we stayed In there. The trucks we drove. This was at an air show one time. This was the biggest plane the Air Force had at one time. XC 99. This was at the San Antonio parade. They always have a festival down there. And here I went to Korea, These are pictures of Korea. The barracks we stayed In. This downtown from the old building that were bombed during the war. These weren't barracks we stayed in tents. In the winter time it really got cold. This was my best buddy I had in the service Richard Tracey. Here you can see the Korean kids. They didn't look too healthy. That you see I guess uh. These were the kids from the orphanage. You had a kid you took care of this was my girl Kim. You brought them stuff to eat. My mom brought clothing over for them. That's one of the coats she sent over. This is that same place. Here's my barracks squadron. This is how they heated, they put the Arlin in big wing tanks. Jet plane. There was my dog. Buck Tussle. Good dog. These are then it's I left there this was Yokohama, Japan where I got on a ship to come home and this was the bay over there. Here we are on the ship coming home. This is one of Seattle Washington where we came back. And these and then we went I was signed to Clovis Air Force base New Mexico. This was one of my best buddies down there. Lester Ray. And I went TDY that's temporary duty yonder.

Shanaman: They used to go to gun re-meets, here is how we got our fuel out of these tankers. I had to put them in the trucks and then in the planes. This is when I was in Austin, Texas that was where we were on a gun re-meet too. There you have the 312th Supply Squadron. This is planes we flew on when we went to refueling the jets. This is F15 Sabors, those were the airplanes, the last ones. Now that is fourteen and I think this is the new one, the S16 they brought out. Here we even got a snow storm down there, that was the first time they got snow in fifty years, in Clovis now they get it all the time I guess. And this is where all the bellings were where I went to, and that’s about the end of the photos. I have all of these photographs. Of the bases after that, here is where I took my basic training, these are the guys I was with. And this is San Antonio, Texas and these are the planes, see it? And there’s the truck I drove to refueling planes, and these are all down there. Then these are from Korea. Here is my best buddy, Richard Tracey. These are some of the Koreans, and you can see what the war did to some of their buildings here. And you see how we hung out. We even went swimming in a dirty old pond there. These were the barracks we lived in. These were my officers, down here he was the head of my outfit. These were the Korean kids. You could see from that photo what they looked like how they lived. Then I don’t want to have to talk to you about our dog because they ate him. I should have some, here’s the Korean girl I had. This was the orphanage we used to take the stuff to. You can see these buildings that they lived in, and these were businesses. This was my squadron you can see. That was the 312th over there I think. There’s the winter time. Here you can see thatched huts, thats a barbed wire between them and the base. They weren’t allowed on our base. And I smoked a pipe back then already. Then this is where we lived in. They’re just tents with wood and stones in them. This is my best friend again. I had a lot from over there. Here we were leaving Japan to get on the ship to come home. That’s the harbor. There’s the ship I’m on. Ten days it wasn’t fun, I’m glad I didn’t join the Navy, I got seasick. This is Seattle where we came up, the Puget Sound. Then we went to New Mexico. Then there’s where I finished out my four years.

Davis: What was your daily process from morning till night?

Shanaman: Daily process? You get up and eat breakfast, go to work that’s about it.

Davis: Did you have a certain time you had to be up?

Shanaman: Yeah, you always got up they called it “Reveille”.

Davis: Did you have to go to bed at a certain time?

Shanaman: Not really, you could go to bed at anytime.

Davis: Did you have to have your bunk or locker like organized in a certain way?

Shanaman: Oh yeah, it had to be strict.

Davis: Did you have inspections like everyday or was it like once in awhile?

Shanaman: Yes once a, once every two weeks.

Davis: Uhm, what was your required Uniform?

Shanaman: Well, for work, you wore your fatigues and when you had parades or something you wore your dress uniform.

Davis: So you did not always have to wear your uniform?

Shanaman: “No you could go off the base and wear your civilian clothes.”

Davis: Did you have multiple outfit or uniforms?

Shanaman: Not really. You had a couple that’s about it.

Davis: Do you still have your uniform?

Shanaman: Yes.

Davis: Can we see it?

Shanaman: Yep, this is the Dress Uniform. This is the hat you wore with it.

Davis: Were these your three stripes that showed you were an Airman First Class?

Shanaman: Yes.

Davis: Why did you have to wear the U.S badges on your collar?

Shanaman: Those are standard in all the military, like the Army has the same thing.

Davis: Then were these your medals that you got?

Shanaman: Yes these were the medals I had, you asked what those were before I think didn’t you?

Davis: What was the maximum amount of stripes you could earn?

Shanaman: Six you would be a Master Sergeant. You would have three here and three at the bottom.

Davis: Did any of your friends in the service earn more stripes than you?

Shanaman: No, not for the time I was in.

Davis: Did you earn more money the longer you stayed in the service?

Shanaman: Yes, when you got a stripe you got a raise. Each stripe you got a raise then.

Davis: Do you know how much the raise was when you got a stripe?

Shanaman: Oh my God. I do not remember.

Davis: Do you recall any particularly humorous or unusual event while being in the service?

Shanaman: Well my buddy didn’t think it was humorous, but one time we were driving, and he fell asleep and crashed my buddy’s car up. I thought it was funny, but he didn’t. We had to pay for it.

Davis: Do you know how much you had to pay for it?

Shanaman: I don’t remember exactly how much it was.

Davis: What did you think of the officers and fellow soldiers?

Shanaman: They were all very nice.

Davis: Even after the war was over and you were sent to Korea, was there still work that needed to be done, and what type if you remember?

Shanaman: What type of work? I don’t know, but you just did your job and that was all.

Davis: Were there still missions that were being sent out?

Shanaman: Oh yeah, the planes still had to fly missions and take pictures.

Davis: While in Korea was your camp ever bombed or attacked?

Shanaman: No.

Davis: Did you have drills?

Shanaman: Yes, you had drills. They used to play a game with us and come over and drop a phony bomb every night, and get you up at midnight, just to get you out of bed.

Davis: While in the service did you ever get sick?

Shanaman: Sick? Yeah I had a boil one time.

Davis: When you were sick, did you get to take a day or two off?

Shanaman: Yes you did.

Davis: While in the service did you receive any letters?

Shanaman: Yeah, I had a lot of letters from my mom and my sisters.

Davis: Did you keep all of them or just some of them?

Shanaman: Just some.

Davis: Can we see some of the letters?

Shanaman: You can put this away I’m done with that.

Davis: Here I’ll take it.

Shanaman: How many do you want to see?

Davis: As many as you want.

Shanaman: This was just, this box was almost full from my mom and my sisters that they wrote me. This was just from the last base I was at. Probably just from the last two months.

Davis: What are these booklets from?

Shanaman: These are the ships I sailed on, when I went overseas and came back.

Davis: Which one was the ship you took to go, and which one was to come back?

Shanaman: I had to take “The Man” to go over and “The Patrick” to come back.

Davis: When you got letters did you always reply back?

Shanaman: Yes.

Davis: How long did it take to send letters back?

Shanaman: I don’t remember how long really, a couple days I’d say. The air mail was pretty fast.

Davis: When you finally got home were you excited, that you were finally home?

Shanaman: Yes, I was.

Davis: Did you miss any of your friends from the service when you came home?

Shanaman: Yes I still miss them.

Davis: How much money did you earn while in the service, do you remember?

Shanaman: Oh my god, no I do not know exactly. It wasn’t much.

Davis: Did you save your money from the military?

Shanaman: I saved some to buy a car, when I got out.

Davis: Do you remember what kind of car you got?

Shanaman: A Mercury.

Davis: What were your goals and aspirations for when you returned home?

Shanaman: To get married and have some kids.

Davis: Did any civilians come on the ships with you?

Shanaman: Yes, there were a lot overseas, and they would go over to stay with their husbands when they were overseas.

Davis: Did you receive any newspapers while being on the boat?

Shanaman: Yes, we got a newspaper like this on the boat. It had all of the activities you could go to.

Davis: What were the activities you could go to?

Shanaman: They had movies, and boxing matches I don’t remember. A lot of the time you just laid around on the deck and soaked up the sun.

Davis: What was your most favorite activity to go to?

Shanaman: Probably the movies.

Davis: Did you receive any other newspapers?

Shanaman: Well this was a newspaper we got at the base, overseas. This was a Christmas one. You can tell it was a long time ago. The paper is rusting away.

Davis: Since you couldn’t always come home on holidays, did you ever have any special dinners?

Shanaman: Well they always had a big Christmas dinner for us when overseas, with turkey and stuffing and all that. There’s one of the Christmas things you had, with the menu.

Davis: Did you see any shows while being in the service?

Shanaman: I’d say every six months they had a U.S.O. show climb over, dancers and actors, comedians. They were pretty good.

Davis: What was your favorite show that you saw, if you remember?

Shanaman: Not really, I’ve seen Marilyn Monroe one time. She came over to Kempo, I guess you remember, everybody knows Marilyn Monroe.

Davis: Do you recall the day your service ended?

Shanaman: June, I don’t remember exactly. June sometime, because the exact date you went in you got out.

Davis: Do you remember where you were?

Shanaman: When it ended? It was Clovis, New Mexico. I took a train from there and came home.

Davis: How long did it take you to get home on the train?

Shanaman: About three days.

Davis: What did you do in the days and weeks after you got home?

Shanaman: I just celebrate.

Davis: Did you go back to work or school?

Shanaman: Not to school, I got a job at Bethlehem Steel.

Davis: Do you make any close friendships while being in the service?

Shanaman: A lot of close friends. Davis: Do you ever contact anyone or have you?

Shanaman: I had kept in contact with one in Alabama, but I haven’t heard from him lately.

Davis: How long did you continue that friendship till you didn’t hear back?

Shanaman: Just this year. He didn’t call back. I tried to call him and his number was disconnected.

Davis: Did your military experience influence your thinking about war or about the military in general?

Shanaman: Yeah, you always think of that, what the guys went through in the wars. You pity them. I just pitied the guys that got killed in wars.

Davis: If in a Veterans Organization what kind of activities does your post or association have?

Shanaman: My post? I’m in the American Legion. They do a lot of good for their community, for their schools and programs.

Davis: Do you attend any reunions?

Shanaman: I haven’t been to one.

Davis: How did your services and experiences affect your life?

Shanaman: I’d say it made me a better man.

Davis: Is their anything you would like to add that we have not covered in this interview?

Shanaman: Not really.

Davis: How did your years of service affect your life?

Shanaman: I don’t know really, I just feel it made me a better man.

Davis: Well I would like to thank you for your service.

Shanaman: Thank you.


 * Interviewers: Molly Davis and Chase Peiffer **


 * Interview Date: February 3, 2015 **


 * __Dale Shanaman__ **


 * Highest Rank: Airman First Class **


 * Mr. Dale Shanaman, the son of Mollie Sellers (Shanaman) and Claude Shanaman was born on June 11, 1934 and was one of 14 other siblings, which consisted of seven brothers and seven sisters. Only five of his brothers were drafted or enlisted into other branches of services. Dale Shanaman grew up in Richland Pennsylvania, and graduated from the Richland School, which the grades included the grades from kindergarten up to high school. After graduating from school Dale Shanaman enlisted into the Air Force in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania along with several other friends for a four year service on July 24, 1953 at the age of 18. **


 * Basic Training for Shanaman was just like any other training for anyone entering the military. “Basic training was mostly running, drills and learning how to shoot a rifle” said Shanaman. Shanaman did not have to go through any specialized training. “I did not have any specialized training. Once I was finished with basic training I began my duty and fueled planes,” Shanaman said. Every morning after that was almost like any other for Shanaman and for other members of the military. “You got up, went to breakfast, just like any other thing. Then you go to your job,” said Shanaman. **


 * After eight weeks of basic training at Sampson Air Force Base at Lake Geneva, New York, Shanaman was assigned to Brooks Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas for one year. In September of 1953 Shanaman then left San Antonio, Texas for San Francisco, California. He then stayed there for about one week where he then boarded a boat, which he called the “sorry sailors” Ship-Troop Carrier. **


 * He then took a 10 day voyage to Japan and then flew to Yung Dung Po, Korea. Then worked at the K-14 Air Force Base. Even though Shanaman was in the Air Force, the flight to Korea was one of the two times he ever flew during his four years of service. “The Koreans were really nice people. But they were really backwards from us, and I would not of wanted to of lived like them,” Shanaman said. While in Korea the Air Force members that Shanaman was with ‘adopted’ kids, and would feed them and take care of them. Sometimes Mr. Shanamans’ mother would send over clothing for the children they took care of while in Korea. **


 * Even while being in the service, which is mostly about work during your spare time Shanaman was able to do some of the common things he could do at home. Like see a movie, a show, or even go bowling with some of the military buddies he had while being in the military. “One times I even got to see Marilyn Monroe, while I was on a ship,” said Shanaman. Also during his years of service he witnessed humourous events and got to have fun. “They used to play a game with us at our base in Korea where they would come over and drop a phony bomb every night, and get you up at midnight just to get you out of bed,” snickered Shanaman. **


 * Through all of his years of service, no matter where deployed you always had to keep your locker, bunk and any other parts of your area strictly neat. While Mr. Shanaman was in the Air Force he said there was one inspection about every two weeks. Also while in the service members never truly had an official required uniform and you were given multiple outfits. They were given work clothes where you wore fatigues, a dress uniform which came with a required hat, and then whenever you left the base you were able to wear what they called ‘Civilian clothes’. Which is just a casual outfit. Military members only had to wear the dress uniform during a parade or when representing the United States Military. It was required to wear a ‘U.S’ badge/pin on each side of your collar. “Those are standard, in all of the military. The Army has the same thing,” explained Shanaman. **


 * His next tour of duty was at Kimpo Air Force Base (K-14) in Korea where he was stationed for one year. He said it was one of the coldest winters he had lived through. Dale Shanaman was then flown to Japan to board on another ship to go back to Busan, Korea. When Shanaman then left Busan they hit a tropical storm, which made him very seasick. Shanaman said he was glad he did not join the navy. **

** Shanaman returned back home in Richland Pennsylvania which in less than two years at the age of 24, he married Donna Layser, age of 18, who is the daughter of Leonard Layser and Vivian Orner (Layser). Dale and Donna Shanaman then had six children which consisted of two sons and four daughters. None of Shanamans’ children joined in any branch of service. Shanaman said that he truly pitied the men who were killed and what they had to go through during war. Mr. Dale Shanaman says that he believes his years of service had made him a better man and made him the man he is today. **
 * Thirteen days later Shanaman arrived in Seattle, Washington. Shanamans’ next assignment after that was at Clovis Air Force Base, New Mexico. Which is said to be nothing but tumbleweeds and sand. He then went TDY which is (Temporary Duty Yonder) at Wendover Air Force Base, Utah. This duty was where Shanaman lasted for the rest of his Air Force Military Career. Mr. Dale Shanaman earned three medals for his four years of service, which were the National Defense service Medal, United Nations Service Medal and the Korean Service Medal. He was then honorably discharged as an Airman First Class on July, 23 1956. **