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Photographer: Courtesy:: Carly C. Kindig
Taken: August 22, 2010
Caption: 1976 Dedication - Marker
Additional Description: Text Reads:
Operation Skywatch
Cairo, Indiana - November 14, 1976

They also serve who stand and watch. Charles E. Halleck U.S. Congressman 2nd District Indiana
August 16, 1952 The Cairo, Indiana “Operation Skywatch” memorial dedication, in the year of our Nation’s Bicentennial.
Honoring the many thousands of U.S.A. Citizens who volunteered their services and resources in the defense of their country. In the Civil Defense effort during the U.S.A. Air Force “Operation Skywatch” in the early 1950's Korean War Police Action days and especially the citizens of Cairo, Indiana Community, and all those who “Stood the Watch...”

Ground Observer Post
Delt(a) Lima 3 - Green “The First” Ground Observation Post in the U.S.A. to be Officially Commissioned by the USAF... August 16, 1952 . . . (last line un-readable)
Submitted: August 24, 2010, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p124303
File Size: 1.441 Megabytes

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