Commander Harold William Calhoun USN Retired

09-29-1917Date of Birth07-17-2006Date of Death | Cocoa Beach

PROGRAMS:

Project GeminiProject Mercury

COMPANIES:

LOCATIONS:

- Fort Bliss, Texas;
- U.S. Naval Unit AFMTC Patrick AFB;
- Kennedy Space Center

POSITIONS:

USS Bairoko (CVE-115) Commanding Officer Air Anti-Submarine unit 1951; Commanding Officer U.S. Naval Administrative Unit Fort Bliss, Texas 1953; Commanding officer Air Development Squadron Four (VX-4)1955; Naval Liaison Officer PAFB 1956, Naval Research Laboratory VANGUARD Project Officer at the Atlantic Missile Range AFMTC 1956-59; Recovery Officer, Staff of the DOD Representative for Projects MERCURY & GEMINI 1959-63; USAF Commendation Medal 1959 presented at PAFB; JPL Representative, KSC NASA Test Support Office, for JPL-managed lunar and interplanetary Missions 1963-78.