American Legion Beaufort Post 207 brings you Beaufort’s Alan Szatkowski, 60, who joined the United States Marine Corps in 1983 in Battle Creek, Mich. After Boot Camp in San Diego, he trained in Millington, Tenn., as an aircraft electrician. He served at MCAS Beaufort assigned to a squadron that made deployments to Iwakuni, Japan, Okinawa, Cubi Point, Philippines and both Osan and Yecheon, Korea.
He separated in 1988 and then managed the flight line at the Hilton Head Airport for 13 years. For the past eight years, he’s been a civil servant now supervising the Public Works Department at Naval Hospital Beaufort and the medical clinics at MCAS Beaufort and MCRD Parris Island.
Compiled by John Chubb, American Legion Post 207. For Veteran Of The Week nominations, contact jechubb1@gmail.com.
