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RADIO MAN ART BELL IS 68 TODAY

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Art Bell became a licensed amateur radio operator at the age of 13

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Arthur William "Art" Bell, III on the air at KSBK in Okinawa

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Art and his wife Airyn

Art is a retired broadcaster and author known primarily as one of the
founders and the original host of the paranormalthemed radio program
Coast to Coast AM. He also created and formerly hosted its companion
show Dreamland. Semi-retired from Coast to Coast AM since 2003, he
hosted the show many weekends for the following four years. He retired
from weekend hosting on July 1, 2007.

During the Vietnam War, Art served as a medic in the United States Air
Force. After leaving military service he stayed in Asia, living on the
Japanese island of Okinawa where he worked as a disc jockey for
KSBK, the only non-military English-language station in Japan

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Art with daughter Asia

                     Happy Birthday “Spotty”

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TODAY IN HISTORY

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FIRST GRADUATION ON THIS DATE IN 1854

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U_ S_ Naval Academy- Annapolis MD

The United States Naval Academy is a four-year coeducational federal service
academy located in Annapolis, Maryland. Established in 1845 by Secretary of 
the Navy George Bancroft (below), It is the second-oldest of the five service
academies in the U.S. 

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George Bancroft (1800-1891)

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FAVORITE TELEVISION WAR SERIES!

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Robert Lansing

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Paul Burke


12 O’Clock High
is a drama series set in World War II. The series 
was originally broadcast on ABC-TV for two-and-one-half seasons
from September 18, 1964, through January 13, 1967. It was based
on the 1949 motion picture Twelve O’Clock High starring Gregory
Peck.

The TV series, a QM Production, follows the missions of the fictitious
918th Bomb Group of the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF), equipped
with B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers.

Robert Lansing starred as Brigadier General Savage, leader of the
fictitious 918th Bomb Group of the U.S. Army Air Forces. He was
killed off at the start of season two in 1965 when Paul Burke moved
up to lead actor.


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HOLIDAY ~

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