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Or teen interior alaska military
appreciation banquet on the

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three 50 fourth fighter wing historians
jack wade has been collecting

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air force uniforms since serving
on active duty at the air force

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academy in 19 90 seven.

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His goal was to not only preserve
our nation's military history

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but to give people an opportunity
to experience it.

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We can to spouse does this about
the people is bound people there

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were in the uniforms the people that
their honoring and the people

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it or think in in the crowd all
my debtor my grandfather used

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were that Yukon.

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Jack collected these uniforms ranging
from the civil war to take

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her eight years am a wide variety
of sources such as restores

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online and even his own family that
others were donated by retired

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and active duty personnel. Even
a past assistant vice chief of

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staff lieutenant general thomas McInerney
contributed to the collection.

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So why is preserving and sharing
your history. So important on

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its because it's about the people
get walked in those uniforms

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he so awesome to see people like
you and I don the vision of

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the skin peeled a lot in the footsteps
if just for short peering

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time ability of gone before us this
is the largest documenting

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interactive showcase of historic
air force uniforms today.

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And jack plans to continue sharing america's
unique and treasured heritage.

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Reporting from fairbanks alaska.
I'm senior men chasing traffic..