Walter Ellis 'Butch' Deacon, II was born on Cape Cod at Duckpond near Wellfleet in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Butch graduated from the United States Air Force Academy, Cadet Squadron Six on June 9, 1965.
His bio from the USAFA class of 1965 yearbook, Polaris, reads;
"Butch" the nimbly corpulent outcast from Duckpond, Massachusetts, arrived at these hollowed walls resplendent in Ivy League blazer with skis in hand. As a member of Sixth's own Dirty Thirty, he has gained dubious renown for his basic research on the internal workings of a ski waxer, and his dual ability to terrorize skiers on the slope and from the chair lift. On a more serious note, his principal achievements have been in the academic world and more particularly in the Department of Engineering. At last count, he stood high in his class, and we can look for him in future years in Systems Command."
On June 20, 1965, Butch and Elsa Lorelie Fisher were married in Santa Clara County, California.
Butch then went to Undergraduate Pilot Training and F-4 Replacement Training.
In May of 1968 he was stationed at Homestead Air Force Base, Florida. He was then assigned to the 25th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand on December 1, 1968. The 25th TFS flew specialized F-4D's with advanced Loran navigation systems and panelescent lighting. They droped acoustics and sensors, that were used to pinpoint the movement of Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces into South Vietnam in support of operation 'Igloo White'.
After flying with the 25th TFS for about six months, he volunteered and became a Wolf FAC Aircraft Commander on July 12, 1969. Five months later, on December 1, 1969, Butch returned to the CONUS.
From ZoomInfo.com;
Dr. Walter E. Deacon, II, began his professional career in the United States Air Force as a Distinguished Graduate of the Air Force Academy, then as a tactical fighter pilot (F-4) with over 200 combat missions in Vietnam. During his military career, Dr. Deacon became qualified as an FAA Commercial Pilot and Certified Flight Instructor, a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Colorado and U.S. Army Airborne Jump-Qualified in addition to many commendations and decorations, included among them are two Distinguished Flying Crosses and eleven Air Medals awarded during the Vietnam War. During his Air Force experience, he was a member of several aircraft accident investigation boards, and became very familiar with the many elements of aviation personal protective equipment, including helmets. After graduate studies at MIT, he developed engineering curricula and taught at the Air Force Academy then later changed directions to medicine at Tufts, and began a long and varied career in emergency medicine, general surgery and orthopedic surgery. He has extensive experience as a Social Security and Worker's Compensation Disability Examiner and has rendered expert opinions in trials involving medical malpractice and personal injury.
Dr. Deacon's medical experience includes adult and pediatric orthopedics consisting primarily of trauma, and subsequent closed and open reduction of major and minor fractures and dislocations, internal and external fixation, and primary and secondary repair of involved soft tissues. Further experience included joint replacements of hips, knees, shoulders, and hands, and experience with diagnostic and operative arthroscopy, especially of the knees. Dr. Deacon's most recent experience was as Chief, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, American Mission Hospital, Bahrain, since 1992.Within his extensive medical practice, Dr. Deacon encountered a wide variety of orthopedic injuries of accident-involved motorcyclists.
Dr. Deacon's educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Science from the United States Air Force Academy, a Master of Science in Solid State Physics/Metallurgy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Colorado, and a Doctor of Medicine from the Tufts University School of Medicine.
Dr. Deacon's extracurricular interests include, scuba diving (he is a certified Open Water Diver), downhill snow skiing, quantum mechanics and relativistic cosmology.
From USMiltary.about.com
Manama, Bahrain — This was one barroom loudmouth that Butch Deacon wouldn't back down from. Day after day, a columnist named Anwar Abdulrahman would heap scorn on America, accusing the United States of kowtowing to Israel, carrying on an immoral war against Islam, and calling it the world's greatest purveyor of state-sponsored terrorism. The words appeared in the Gulf Daily News, a middle-brow Bahraini tabloid of British pedigree. They stuck in the ample craw of Deacon, a burly Massachusetts-born orthopedic surgeon at the American Mission Hospital in Bahrain. After all, he spent four years as an Air Force fighter jock, risking his neck flying bombing runs over North Vietnam. He's got a low threshold when it comes to foreigners trampling his flag. "I'm sorry, but I'm an American," Deacon said. "If you were in bar and said that, I'd deck you." So he fired back some hot e-mailed letters to the paper, describing in rather vivid language the kind of things that might happen to terrorists and their supporters. None of the letters he e-mailed actually appeared in print and Deacon did not identify himself with the hospital, but word got back to his supervisors anyway. Citing the hospital's long-standing policy of political neutrality, they fired him, effective Oct. 31, 2001.
Butch graduated from the United States Air Force Academy, Cadet Squadron Six on June 9, 1965.
His bio from the USAFA class of 1965 yearbook, Polaris, reads;
"Butch" the nimbly corpulent outcast from Duckpond, Massachusetts, arrived at these hollowed walls resplendent in Ivy League blazer with skis in hand. As a member of Sixth's own Dirty Thirty, he has gained dubious renown for his basic research on the internal workings of a ski waxer, and his dual ability to terrorize skiers on the slope and from the chair lift. On a more serious note, his principal achievements have been in the academic world and more particularly in the Department of Engineering. At last count, he stood high in his class, and we can look for him in future years in Systems Command."
On June 20, 1965, Butch and Elsa Lorelie Fisher were married in Santa Clara County, California.
Butch then went to Undergraduate Pilot Training and F-4 Replacement Training.
In May of 1968 he was stationed at Homestead Air Force Base, Florida. He was then assigned to the 25th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand on December 1, 1968. The 25th TFS flew specialized F-4D's with advanced Loran navigation systems and panelescent lighting. They droped acoustics and sensors, that were used to pinpoint the movement of Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces into South Vietnam in support of operation 'Igloo White'.
After flying with the 25th TFS for about six months, he volunteered and became a Wolf FAC Aircraft Commander on July 12, 1969. Five months later, on December 1, 1969, Butch returned to the CONUS.
From ZoomInfo.com;
Dr. Walter E. Deacon, II, began his professional career in the United States Air Force as a Distinguished Graduate of the Air Force Academy, then as a tactical fighter pilot (F-4) with over 200 combat missions in Vietnam. During his military career, Dr. Deacon became qualified as an FAA Commercial Pilot and Certified Flight Instructor, a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Colorado and U.S. Army Airborne Jump-Qualified in addition to many commendations and decorations, included among them are two Distinguished Flying Crosses and eleven Air Medals awarded during the Vietnam War. During his Air Force experience, he was a member of several aircraft accident investigation boards, and became very familiar with the many elements of aviation personal protective equipment, including helmets. After graduate studies at MIT, he developed engineering curricula and taught at the Air Force Academy then later changed directions to medicine at Tufts, and began a long and varied career in emergency medicine, general surgery and orthopedic surgery. He has extensive experience as a Social Security and Worker's Compensation Disability Examiner and has rendered expert opinions in trials involving medical malpractice and personal injury.
Dr. Deacon's medical experience includes adult and pediatric orthopedics consisting primarily of trauma, and subsequent closed and open reduction of major and minor fractures and dislocations, internal and external fixation, and primary and secondary repair of involved soft tissues. Further experience included joint replacements of hips, knees, shoulders, and hands, and experience with diagnostic and operative arthroscopy, especially of the knees. Dr. Deacon's most recent experience was as Chief, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, American Mission Hospital, Bahrain, since 1992.Within his extensive medical practice, Dr. Deacon encountered a wide variety of orthopedic injuries of accident-involved motorcyclists.
Dr. Deacon's educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Science from the United States Air Force Academy, a Master of Science in Solid State Physics/Metallurgy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Colorado, and a Doctor of Medicine from the Tufts University School of Medicine.
Dr. Deacon's extracurricular interests include, scuba diving (he is a certified Open Water Diver), downhill snow skiing, quantum mechanics and relativistic cosmology.
From USMiltary.about.com
Manama, Bahrain — This was one barroom loudmouth that Butch Deacon wouldn't back down from. Day after day, a columnist named Anwar Abdulrahman would heap scorn on America, accusing the United States of kowtowing to Israel, carrying on an immoral war against Islam, and calling it the world's greatest purveyor of state-sponsored terrorism. The words appeared in the Gulf Daily News, a middle-brow Bahraini tabloid of British pedigree. They stuck in the ample craw of Deacon, a burly Massachusetts-born orthopedic surgeon at the American Mission Hospital in Bahrain. After all, he spent four years as an Air Force fighter jock, risking his neck flying bombing runs over North Vietnam. He's got a low threshold when it comes to foreigners trampling his flag. "I'm sorry, but I'm an American," Deacon said. "If you were in bar and said that, I'd deck you." So he fired back some hot e-mailed letters to the paper, describing in rather vivid language the kind of things that might happen to terrorists and their supporters. None of the letters he e-mailed actually appeared in print and Deacon did not identify himself with the hospital, but word got back to his supervisors anyway. Citing the hospital's long-standing policy of political neutrality, they fired him, effective Oct. 31, 2001.
Walter Ellis 'Butch' Deacon, II was born on Cape Cod at Duckpond near Wellfleet in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Butch graduated from the United States Air Force Academy, Cadet Squadron Six on June 9, 1965.
His bio from the USAFA class of 1965 yearbook, Polaris, reads;
"Butch" the nimbly corpulent outcast from Duckpond, Massachusetts, arrived at these hollowed walls resplendent in Ivy League blazer with skis in hand. As a member of Sixth's own Dirty Thirty, he has gained dubious renown for his basic research on the internal workings of a ski waxer, and his dual ability to terrorize skiers on the slope and from the chair lift. On a more serious note, his principal achievements have been in the academic world and more particularly in the Department of Engineering. At last count, he stood high in his class, and we can look for him in future years in Systems Command."
On June 20, 1965, Butch and Elsa Lorelie Fisher were married in Santa Clara County, California.
Butch then went to Undergraduate Pilot Training and F-4 Replacement Training.
In May of 1968 he was stationed at Homestead Air Force Base, Florida. He was then assigned to the 25th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand on December 1, 1968. The 25th TFS flew specialized F-4D's with advanced Loran navigation systems and panelescent lighting. They droped acoustics and sensors, that were used to pinpoint the movement of Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces into South Vietnam in support of operation 'Igloo White'.
After flying with the 25th TFS for about six months, he volunteered and became a Wolf FAC Aircraft Commander on July 12, 1969. Five months later, on December 1, 1969, Butch returned to the CONUS.
From ZoomInfo.com;
Dr. Walter E. Deacon, II, began his professional career in the United States Air Force as a Distinguished Graduate of the Air Force Academy, then as a tactical fighter pilot (F-4) with over 200 combat missions in Vietnam. During his military career, Dr. Deacon became qualified as an FAA Commercial Pilot and Certified Flight Instructor, a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Colorado and U.S. Army Airborne Jump-Qualified in addition to many commendations and decorations, included among them are two Distinguished Flying Crosses and eleven Air Medals awarded during the Vietnam War. During his Air Force experience, he was a member of several aircraft accident investigation boards, and became very familiar with the many elements of aviation personal protective equipment, including helmets. After graduate studies at MIT, he developed engineering curricula and taught at the Air Force Academy then later changed directions to medicine at Tufts, and began a long and varied career in emergency medicine, general surgery and orthopedic surgery. He has extensive experience as a Social Security and Worker's Compensation Disability Examiner and has rendered expert opinions in trials involving medical malpractice and personal injury.
Dr. Deacon's medical experience includes adult and pediatric orthopedics consisting primarily of trauma, and subsequent closed and open reduction of major and minor fractures and dislocations, internal and external fixation, and primary and secondary repair of involved soft tissues. Further experience included joint replacements of hips, knees, shoulders, and hands, and experience with diagnostic and operative arthroscopy, especially of the knees. Dr. Deacon's most recent experience was as Chief, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, American Mission Hospital, Bahrain, since 1992.Within his extensive medical practice, Dr. Deacon encountered a wide variety of orthopedic injuries of accident-involved motorcyclists.
Dr. Deacon's educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Science from the United States Air Force Academy, a Master of Science in Solid State Physics/Metallurgy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Colorado, and a Doctor of Medicine from the Tufts University School of Medicine.
Dr. Deacon's extracurricular interests include, scuba diving (he is a certified Open Water Diver), downhill snow skiing, quantum mechanics and relativistic cosmology.
From USMiltary.about.com
Manama, Bahrain — This was one barroom loudmouth that Butch Deacon wouldn't back down from. Day after day, a columnist named Anwar Abdulrahman would heap scorn on America, accusing the United States of kowtowing to Israel, carrying on an immoral war against Islam, and calling it the world's greatest purveyor of state-sponsored terrorism. The words appeared in the Gulf Daily News, a middle-brow Bahraini tabloid of British pedigree. They stuck in the ample craw of Deacon, a burly Massachusetts-born orthopedic surgeon at the American Mission Hospital in Bahrain. After all, he spent four years as an Air Force fighter jock, risking his neck flying bombing runs over North Vietnam. He's got a low threshold when it comes to foreigners trampling his flag. "I'm sorry, but I'm an American," Deacon said. "If you were in bar and said that, I'd deck you." So he fired back some hot e-mailed letters to the paper, describing in rather vivid language the kind of things that might happen to terrorists and their supporters. None of the letters he e-mailed actually appeared in print and Deacon did not identify himself with the hospital, but word got back to his supervisors anyway. Citing the hospital's long-standing policy of political neutrality, they fired him, effective Oct. 31, 2001.
Butch graduated from the United States Air Force Academy, Cadet Squadron Six on June 9, 1965.
His bio from the USAFA class of 1965 yearbook, Polaris, reads;
"Butch" the nimbly corpulent outcast from Duckpond, Massachusetts, arrived at these hollowed walls resplendent in Ivy League blazer with skis in hand. As a member of Sixth's own Dirty Thirty, he has gained dubious renown for his basic research on the internal workings of a ski waxer, and his dual ability to terrorize skiers on the slope and from the chair lift. On a more serious note, his principal achievements have been in the academic world and more particularly in the Department of Engineering. At last count, he stood high in his class, and we can look for him in future years in Systems Command."
On June 20, 1965, Butch and Elsa Lorelie Fisher were married in Santa Clara County, California.
Butch then went to Undergraduate Pilot Training and F-4 Replacement Training.
In May of 1968 he was stationed at Homestead Air Force Base, Florida. He was then assigned to the 25th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand on December 1, 1968. The 25th TFS flew specialized F-4D's with advanced Loran navigation systems and panelescent lighting. They droped acoustics and sensors, that were used to pinpoint the movement of Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces into South Vietnam in support of operation 'Igloo White'.
After flying with the 25th TFS for about six months, he volunteered and became a Wolf FAC Aircraft Commander on July 12, 1969. Five months later, on December 1, 1969, Butch returned to the CONUS.
From ZoomInfo.com;
Dr. Walter E. Deacon, II, began his professional career in the United States Air Force as a Distinguished Graduate of the Air Force Academy, then as a tactical fighter pilot (F-4) with over 200 combat missions in Vietnam. During his military career, Dr. Deacon became qualified as an FAA Commercial Pilot and Certified Flight Instructor, a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Colorado and U.S. Army Airborne Jump-Qualified in addition to many commendations and decorations, included among them are two Distinguished Flying Crosses and eleven Air Medals awarded during the Vietnam War. During his Air Force experience, he was a member of several aircraft accident investigation boards, and became very familiar with the many elements of aviation personal protective equipment, including helmets. After graduate studies at MIT, he developed engineering curricula and taught at the Air Force Academy then later changed directions to medicine at Tufts, and began a long and varied career in emergency medicine, general surgery and orthopedic surgery. He has extensive experience as a Social Security and Worker's Compensation Disability Examiner and has rendered expert opinions in trials involving medical malpractice and personal injury.
Dr. Deacon's medical experience includes adult and pediatric orthopedics consisting primarily of trauma, and subsequent closed and open reduction of major and minor fractures and dislocations, internal and external fixation, and primary and secondary repair of involved soft tissues. Further experience included joint replacements of hips, knees, shoulders, and hands, and experience with diagnostic and operative arthroscopy, especially of the knees. Dr. Deacon's most recent experience was as Chief, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, American Mission Hospital, Bahrain, since 1992.Within his extensive medical practice, Dr. Deacon encountered a wide variety of orthopedic injuries of accident-involved motorcyclists.
Dr. Deacon's educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Science from the United States Air Force Academy, a Master of Science in Solid State Physics/Metallurgy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Colorado, and a Doctor of Medicine from the Tufts University School of Medicine.
Dr. Deacon's extracurricular interests include, scuba diving (he is a certified Open Water Diver), downhill snow skiing, quantum mechanics and relativistic cosmology.
From USMiltary.about.com
Manama, Bahrain — This was one barroom loudmouth that Butch Deacon wouldn't back down from. Day after day, a columnist named Anwar Abdulrahman would heap scorn on America, accusing the United States of kowtowing to Israel, carrying on an immoral war against Islam, and calling it the world's greatest purveyor of state-sponsored terrorism. The words appeared in the Gulf Daily News, a middle-brow Bahraini tabloid of British pedigree. They stuck in the ample craw of Deacon, a burly Massachusetts-born orthopedic surgeon at the American Mission Hospital in Bahrain. After all, he spent four years as an Air Force fighter jock, risking his neck flying bombing runs over North Vietnam. He's got a low threshold when it comes to foreigners trampling his flag. "I'm sorry, but I'm an American," Deacon said. "If you were in bar and said that, I'd deck you." So he fired back some hot e-mailed letters to the paper, describing in rather vivid language the kind of things that might happen to terrorists and their supporters. None of the letters he e-mailed actually appeared in print and Deacon did not identify himself with the hospital, but word got back to his supervisors anyway. Citing the hospital's long-standing policy of political neutrality, they fired him, effective Oct. 31, 2001.
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