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Article: DALE NOYD, 1933 - 2007: AIR FORCE CAPTAIN REFUSED VIETNAM SERVICE.(News)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- January 28, 2007
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Byline: LEVI PULKKINEN P-I reporter
Air Force Capt. Dale Noyd had a promising career in 1966, a resume on par with almost any pilot in the service.
He'd graduated at the top of his Washington State University ROTC class. He risked his life to land a broken F-100 that he'd been told to ditch. He even earned an advanced degree in psychology,while continuing on active duty.
For Noyd's pains, the Air Force brought him to Colorado Springs, Colo. to teach Air Force Academy cadets, a high honor in the service.
Then the Air Force reassigned Noyd to give bombing lessons to fighter pilots bound for the war in Vietnam. He said: "No."