American Legion Beaufort Post 207 brings you Duane Twenge, 82, who joined the U.S. Air Force in Minneapolis in 1963. After Basic training at Lackland AFB we was assigned to duty in Thule, Greenland at the weather detachment. His next tour brought him to Duluth AFB where he provided administrative services to fighter squadrons. After three years he was reassigned to a radar site at Finland AFS in Minnesota. He next was assigned at Ramstein AFB in Germany before being transferred to a communication activity at Richard Gebaur AFB in Missouri. He then transferred to an Air Force Station at Araxos, Greece.
Twenge returned to the States to Luke AFB in Arizona with administrative duties for the teams providing missile maintenance. Moving east, he served with Headquarters Tactical Air Command at Langley AFB in Virginia. Then he served back at Richard Gebaur AFB as an advisor to the Reserves before his final tour at Whiteman AFB in Missouri. He retired in 1989 as a Master Sergeant with 26 years of active service. He and Jane, his wife of 50 years, settled in Florida and traveled extensively in their motor home. They moved to Beaufort in 2023; he is a member of DAV and AMVETS.
Compiled by John Chubb, American Legion Post 207. For Veteran Of The Week nominations, contact jechubb1@gmail.com.
