4 JUL 1967

SUBJECT:	Commendation to Alaskan Air Command Crew of Aircraft 70486
	Assigned TDY to Project Turnkey Support
TO:	Alaskan Air Command
	APO Seattle 98742

	1. The cooperation of the Alaskan Air Command in providing a C-130 aircraft to support Project Turnkey at Tuy Hoa, RVN, is deeply appreciated. Aircraft 70486 was assigned for our use from 16 April through 6 June 1967. The crew members performed in an exceptional manner in providing this needed airlift. Over 470,000 pounds of critical construction material and equipment was transported to the construction site from Taipei, Taiwan. In addition, numerous passengers were safely flown to an from Taipei and Clark AB.
	2. Those members of your Command who assisted in Turnkey operations were Major Leroy E. Morlock, Team Leader; Captains Eugene H. Soeder, Roland D. Guidry, Gerald M. Harris, John M. Root, and David F. Tintle, Jr.; Technical Sergeants Bernard P. Coyne Jr., William F. Liskow Jr., and Donald K. Girven; Staff Sergeant Thomas C. Sommerville; Airmen Sanford L. Hudgins, and Dean M. Richardson.
	3. The professional approach, positive attitude, and cooperative spirit of the above personnel were a credit to your Command at all times.
	WILLIAM W. MOMYER, Lieutenant General, USAF
	Commander
	CATEGORY A, AFM 900-3, Approved for file in the
	Unit Personnel Records Group of Captain John M. Root, FR61901
	JAMES W. WARD, MAJOR, USAF
	Chief, CBPO

Letter courtesy of John M. Root, 1996