After serving in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II, Ken Wiley graduated from Hillsboro Junior College and Oklahoma A&M. In 1952 he took a job with Bell Helicopter and worked in a variety of skilled and managerial positions until his retirement in the 1990s. He lives in Tennessee with his wife, Deane.
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Winner of the 2008 Foundation for Coast Guard History Book Award The images of soldiers and marines coming ashore on hostile shores are embedded in our collective memory of World War II. But what of the sailors who manned the landing craft, going b... SEE MORE