This is the presentation of the retirement certificate to Master Sergeant William F. Smith, after 22 years in the USAF. The presenter is Colonel Robert P Baumann, USAF, at Westover Air Force Base, Chicopee, mass.
William Thomas Smith Jr of Troy, Rensselaer County, NY was born on January 24, 1930, and died at age 69 years old on November 30, 1999. William Smith was buried at Gerald B.h. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery
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