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Show Colonel Mangus Retires h . 'a j f 5 " ' i l f , 'W T ? , X ; c( ..,!?. !! The United States Air Force recently announced the retirement retire-ment of Col. Bennie M. Mangus, Man-gus, of Bountiful, from the Active Ac-tive Air Force Reserve. His retirement re-tirement was effective July 3, 1981, after 31'i years of military milit-ary service as a member of the Air Force Reserve. Four years of this was on extended active duty with the Regular Air Force. COL. MANGUS enlisted in the Army Air Corps as a pri-. vate at the close of World War II. After a tour of duty as a personnel specialist he was discharged as a sergeant at Hamilton AFB, Calif. During the Korean conflict Col. Mangus was called to extended ex-tended active duty immediately immediate-ly after graduation from USU and his receiving a commission through the Air Force ROTC program. This two year active duty tour was performed as a personnel services officer with the SAC Survival Training School at Colorado Springs, Colo., and Reno, Nev. COL. MANGUS has held positions in the Air Force Reserve Re-serve as a personnel officer, personnel services officer, and personnel staff officer. He also served as the Air Force Reserve Re-serve (CAP) assistance coordinator coordi-nator for the state of Utah for the past six years. ' The position of director of the National Cadet Officer School (CAP) was held by Col. Mangus from 1974 through 1980. This school is a three week leadership and management manage-ment training school held each year at Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, Mont-gomery, Ala., for approximately approxi-mately 175 Civil Air Patrol cadet officers from the 30 states and Puerto Rico. BENNIE M. MANGUS COL. MANGUS was assigned to the 945th MATS Group and the 508th Tactical Fighter Wing at Hill AFB as a reserve supplement officer during and after the Vietnam War. He was very active in the U.S. Air Force Academy program prog-ram and the Air Force ROTC program as an admissions counselor for the high schools in Davis County and the state of Utah during the past 15 years. USAF BRIG. Gen. W.H. Miller, national commander of USAF-CAP, awarded Col. Mangus the Meritorius Service Ser-vice Medal at ceremonies conducted con-ducted in Jackson, Wyo., during dur-ing a national convention in July 1981, for outstanding service ser-vice to the Air Force Reserve Program during the period of Nov. 1, 1978 to July 3, 1981. Col. Mangus has been employed em-ployed by the Davis School District since 1956. His assignments assign-ments in education have been at Bountiful High School in the capacity of teacher, basketball coach, track coach, and assistant assis-tant principal. HE IS married to the former Nola Smith of Clearfield and they have four children, Craig, Brent, Kirk and Megan. |