Loren was known as Sam by his friends and Little Sam by his relatives (an Uncle was Big Sam). He was the fifth of seven children born to John D. Patterson and Lydia Carrie Long. He married Elizabeth Halferty on 29 Dec 1931 and they had seven children.
Sam served in the Army Air Force during the latter stages of WWII. After the war, he return to civilian life but soon rejoined the U.S. Air Force. He was medically released from active duty in the spring of 1957 and died in a VA Hospital that fall. An autotopsy revealed that he had an undiscovered brain tumor.
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AN ASIDE: In 1955-56, Sam was NCOIC of the Airmen's Mess Hall at Laughlin AFB, Texas. That is where I, as a young Air Policeman, came to know him. I like to think that it gave me an inside track when I started dating his daughter.
Sam served in the Army Air Force during the latter stages of WWII. After the war, he return to civilian life but soon rejoined the U.S. Air Force. He was medically released from active duty in the spring of 1957 and died in a VA Hospital that fall. An autotopsy revealed that he had an undiscovered brain tumor.
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AN ASIDE: In 1955-56, Sam was NCOIC of the Airmen's Mess Hall at Laughlin AFB, Texas. That is where I, as a young Air Policeman, came to know him. I like to think that it gave me an inside track when I started dating his daughter.
Loren was known as Sam by his friends and Little Sam by his relatives (an Uncle was Big Sam). He was the fifth of seven children born to John D. Patterson and Lydia Carrie Long. He married Elizabeth Halferty on 29 Dec 1931 and they had seven children.
Sam served in the Army Air Force during the latter stages of WWII. After the war, he return to civilian life but soon rejoined the U.S. Air Force. He was medically released from active duty in the spring of 1957 and died in a VA Hospital that fall. An autotopsy revealed that he had an undiscovered brain tumor.
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AN ASIDE: In 1955-56, Sam was NCOIC of the Airmen's Mess Hall at Laughlin AFB, Texas. That is where I, as a young Air Policeman, came to know him. I like to think that it gave me an inside track when I started dating his daughter.
Sam served in the Army Air Force during the latter stages of WWII. After the war, he return to civilian life but soon rejoined the U.S. Air Force. He was medically released from active duty in the spring of 1957 and died in a VA Hospital that fall. An autotopsy revealed that he had an undiscovered brain tumor.
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AN ASIDE: In 1955-56, Sam was NCOIC of the Airmen's Mess Hall at Laughlin AFB, Texas. That is where I, as a young Air Policeman, came to know him. I like to think that it gave me an inside track when I started dating his daughter.
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