Bio: Schafer, Eugene H. (Air Force Retiree – 1970)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Schafer, Hurst, Hansen

---------Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 26 Nov 1970

Chief Master Sergeant Eugene H. Schafer of Owen (Clark Co., Wis.) received the Meritorious Service Medal and accompanying certificate during his retirement ceremony at Duluth International Airport, Minnesota. Brigadier General Guy Hurst Jr., commander 23rd Air Division, made the presentation. Sergeant Schafer, who served as an aircraft maintenance supervisor at Duluth before his retirement, was decorated for outstanding professional skill and dedication to duty. He has more than 30 years of service and is a veteran of World War II and the Korean War. The sergeant is a 1936 graduate of Owen High School, and his wife is the former Pearl A. Hansen of Withee.